[Code] Win32 - Get SketchUp Window Handle (WIP)

thomthom

Here's a snippet to get the handle for the SketchUp window the calling ruby script belongs to.

<span class="syntaxdefault"><br />  GA_ROOTOWNER </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> 3<br /><br />  </span><span class="syntaxcomment"># Returns the window handle of the SketchUp window for the input queue of the<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  </span><span class="syntaxcomment"># calling ruby method.<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  </span><span class="syntaxcomment">#<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  </span><span class="syntaxcomment"># @return [Integer] Returns a window handle on success or +nil+ on failure<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  def self</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">get_sketchup_window<br />    </span><span class="syntaxcomment"># Retrieves the window handle to the active window attached to the calling<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">    </span><span class="syntaxcomment"># thread's message queue. <br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">    hwnd </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> GetActiveWindow</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">call<br />    return nil if hwnd</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">nil</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">?<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">    </span><span class="syntaxcomment"># In case the SketchUp window was not the active one - get the ancestor.<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">    GetAncestor</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">call</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxdefault">hwnd</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> GA_ROOTOWNER</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  end<br /></span>

(EDIT: This method will fail if the SketchUp window isn't the active window.)
Alternative safer method here: http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=33756&start=15#p297228

Dan Rathbun

Does this work if wxSU is loaded ?? (wxSU creates a toplevel invisible sxWindow and makes Sketchup a child window of it. So Sketchup is no longer the toplevel window.)

thomthom

It does?
ugh... I really don't know...
In that case I suppose one need to travel each owner until you find one which matches some properties. Not sure if window text is the most reliable as webdialog might have "SketchUp" in it. Maybe by class...?

Seems that wxSU has a number of issues under SU...

thomthom

Further testing: the method will fail if the SketchUp window isn't the active window.

honoluludesktop

Handle is a term I recall from my "good old DOS days" :-) Can the "SketchUp Window Handle" be used to close an instance of SketchUp from another instance of SketchUp?

Dan Rathbun

@honoluludesktop said:

Handle is a term I recall from my "good old DOS days" :-) Can the "SketchUp Window Handle" be used to close an instance of SketchUp from another instance of SketchUp?

Yes ... BUT ... we must first solve the issue of getting the CORRECT handle for each instance, and storing it (in the proper place,) where it can be accessed by multiple plugins.
Once the "handle" is determined, the code that was needed to find it, is no longer needed, and should be garbage collected.

THEN ... you'll need to solve the issue of talking between two instances of Sketchup Ruby, and having one inform the other what it's window handle is.

thomthom

GetActiveWindow
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms646292%28v=vs.85%29.aspx

@unknownuser said:

The return value is the handle to the active window attached to the calling thread's message queue. Otherwise, the return value is NULL.

What is interesting with this function is that it find a window based on the calling thread. But it's limitation is that it requires one of the windows that belong to the thread to the the active one.

But, I'm trying to find a function that either let you enumerate the windows that belong to a thread, or get the top most window for a thread. In either one of those conditions one should be able to reliably get the window handle.

I think one can get lots of useful info if one can get the thread id of the SketchUp process. Any ideas of how one can do this. I've been scanning the Win32 API a bit today looking for relevant functions.

thomthom

@jim said:

I am not entirely sure the Win32API.so file we all have been using supports callbacks, which the windows enumerator functions require as arguments.

Specifically, calls to EnumWindows and EnumChildWindows can not be used with Win32API.

The win32-api ruby library does support callbacks, and we should really be using that it anyway. it's more robust, and more stable (I've read.)

I was just looking at this. I noticed the lack of Callback.
Where is the win32-api found - the one that supports callbacks?

Jim

@thomthom said:

Where is the win32-api found - the one that supports callbacks?

http://win32utils.rubyforge.org/

I'm not sure if this can co-exist with Win32API or not.

require 'win32/api'

win32.zip

Jim

I am not entirely sure the Win32API.so file we all have been using supports callbacks, which the windows enumerator functions require as arguments.

Specifically, calls to EnumWindows and EnumChildWindows can not be used with Win32API.

The win32-api ruby library does support callbacks, and we should really be using it anyway. it's more robust, and more stable (I've read.)

thomthom

The example I saw of it:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3327666/win32s-findwindow-can-find-a-particular-window-with-the-exact-title-but-what/3328209#3328209

Seemed to use namespace Win32 as oppose to Win32API.

So this is not a module that ships with Ruby?

Dan Rathbun

@thomthom said:

So this is not a module that ships with Ruby?

Correct... no it's not, because it is platform specific, AND considered an extension. You, or any user must download it from RubyForge. If you want the latest releases, as they are released. I believe you also must compile them yourself, or wait until Mr. Berger & Co decides to do it.

Dan Rathbun

@thomthom said:

win32-api Seemed to use namespace Win32 as oppose to Win32API.

True it has it's own namespace... and another quirk.. Dan Berger reordered the arguments in the API calls making it a bit cumbersome to have scripts that can use either library.

Dan Rathbun

@jim said:

I am not entirely sure the Win32API.so file we all have been using supports callbacks, which the windows enumerator functions require as arguments. ...
Specifically, calls to EnumWindows and EnumChildWindows can not be used with Win32API.

Actually Win32API.so is obsolete, and for some time, they have been suggesting coders migrate to using the DL library directly.

In Ruby vers 1.9.x and up... they no longer supply a Win32API.so file, instead they have replaced it with a Win32API.rb script that mimics the old so file, and translates Win32API calls into DL library calls.

This is the Win32API.rb file distro'd with Ruby v 1.9.1 p429

<span class="syntaxdefault"></span><span class="syntaxcomment"># -*- ruby -*-<br /># for backward compatibility<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">warn </span><span class="syntaxstring">"Warning;#{caller[0].sub(/;in `.*'\z/, '')}; Win32API is deprecated after Ruby 1.9.1; use dl directly instead"</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> if $VERBOSE<br /><br />require </span><span class="syntaxstring">'dl'<br /><br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">class Win32API<br />  DLL </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">{}<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  TYPEMAP </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">{</span><span class="syntaxstring">"0"</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=></span><span class="syntaxdefault"> DL</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">;;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">TYPE_VOID</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxstring">"S"</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=></span><span class="syntaxdefault"> DL</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">;;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">TYPE_VOIDP</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxstring">"I"</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=></span><span class="syntaxdefault"> DL</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">;;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">TYPE_LONG</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">}<br /><br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  def initialize</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxdefault">dllname</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> func</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> import</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> export </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxstring">"0"</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">*</span><span class="syntaxdefault">rest</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">    </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">@</span><span class="syntaxdefault">proto </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">[</span><span class="syntaxdefault">import</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">].</span><span class="syntaxdefault">join</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">tr</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxstring">"VPpNnLlIi"</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxstring">"0SSI"</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">).</span><span class="syntaxdefault">sub</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(/^(.)</span><span class="syntaxdefault">0</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">*$/,</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxstring">'\1'</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">    handle </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> DLL</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">[</span><span class="syntaxdefault">dllname</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">]</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">||=</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> DL</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">dlopen</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxdefault">dllname</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">    </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">@</span><span class="syntaxdefault">func </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> DL</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">;;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">CFunc</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.new(</span><span class="syntaxdefault">handle</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">[</span><span class="syntaxdefault">func</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">],</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> TYPEMAP</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">[</span><span class="syntaxdefault">export</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">tr</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxstring">"VPpNnLlIi"</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxstring">"0SSI"</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)],</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> func</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">*</span><span class="syntaxdefault">rest</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  end<br /><br />  def call</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(*</span><span class="syntaxdefault">args</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">    import </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">@</span><span class="syntaxdefault">proto</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">split</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxstring">""</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">    args</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">each_with_index do </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">|</span><span class="syntaxdefault">x</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> i</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">|<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">      args</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">[</span><span class="syntaxdefault">i</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">],</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">[</span><span class="syntaxdefault">x </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">==</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> 0 </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">?</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> nil </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">;</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> x</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">].</span><span class="syntaxdefault">pack</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxstring">"p"</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">).</span><span class="syntaxdefault">unpack</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxstring">"l!*"</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> if import</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">[</span><span class="syntaxdefault">i</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">]</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">==</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxstring">"S"<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">      args</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">[</span><span class="syntaxdefault">i</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">],</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">[</span><span class="syntaxdefault">x</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">].</span><span class="syntaxdefault">pack</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxstring">"I"</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">).</span><span class="syntaxdefault">unpack</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxstring">"i"</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> if import</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">[</span><span class="syntaxdefault">i</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">]</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">==</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxstring">"I"<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">    end<br />    ret</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">@</span><span class="syntaxdefault">func</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">call</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxdefault">args</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">    return ret </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">||</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> 0<br />  end<br /><br />  alias Call call<br />end<br /></span>

It looks as though the DL library supports callbacks. Maybe we should use it ??

I've also read that the DL library is 'on the outs', and they are planning to deprecate it and replace it with something else.

@jim said:

The win32-api ruby library does support callbacks, and we should really be using it anyway. it's more robust, and more stable (I've read.)

Yes.. I agree. Dan Berger is a "sharp cookie" when it comes to both Ruby and Windows coding. He is also on several of the MAJOR Ruby development teams including RubyGems and rdoc.
See his profile: RubyForge Profile for Daniel Berger

thomthom

@dan rathbun said:

@jim said:

I am not entirely sure the Win32API.so file we all have been using supports callbacks, which the windows enumerator functions require as arguments. ...
Specifically, calls to EnumWindows and EnumChildWindows can not be used with Win32API.

Actually Win32API.so is obsolete, and for some time, they have been suggesting coders migrate to using the DL library directly.

In Ruby vers 1.9.x and up... they no longer supply a Win32API.so file, instead they have replaced it with a Win32API.rb script that mimics the old so file, and translates Win32API calls into DL library calls.

Will that work for Ruby 1.8?

Dan Rathbun

@thomthom said:

I think one can get lots of useful info if one can get the thread id of the SketchUp process. Any ideas of how one can do this.
How about?
Process.pid()
Thread.main.object_id

@thomthom said:

I've been scanning the Win32 API a bit today looking for relevant functions.

Well all the API functions for: [Processes and Threads](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms684847(v)

thomthom

Ah - there we go, that might help.
GetCurrentProcessId looks promising.

thomthom

pid = GetCurrentProcessId.call 4684 Process.pid() 4684
It seem to return the same thing.

Dan Rathbun

@thomthom said:

pid = GetCurrentProcessId.call 4684 Process.pid() 4684
It seem to return the same thing.

Yes and it's the same as you'll see in the Task Manager, or using tlist.exe from the command line (for that Sketchup instance.)

Dan Rathbun

@dan rathbun said:

It looks as though the DL library supports callbacks. Maybe we should use it ??

My bad..
Callbacks were added in 1.9.x, both 1.8.6 and 1.8.7 DL libs don't have the callback.rb file.

sorry Thom