Finding the Process ID of an Active App

L.Jenkins · 24-11-2019 08:08PM #1

I tried to create this topic earlier, but I had an issue starting the thread. I've been trying to create a small app to return the Process ID and Name of an application that is currently in use by a user. The language I'm using is C#.

For example, right now I'm using Opera to browse boards. The app should return the Process ID and Name of Opera, printing it to the console.

I've been using the following: https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/vstudio/en-US/3f41c91e-b0f6-4a21-b421-961a9f2dca5e/getting-process-id-of-a-my-running-process?forum=csharpgeneral

The problem I'm having is, it only returns the PID and name of the app used to get the PID and name of the active application.

I'll try and share the code soon.

25-11-2019 12:15AM

You need to think about what you mean by "active application". The application that calls "Process.GetCurrentProcess();" is obviously active, in the sense that it is currently executing code. What (I think) you actually want is the active window, according to the Windows OS. Example code here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/115868/how-do-i-get-the-title-of-the-current-active-window-using-c

L.Jenkins · 25-11-2019 12:36AM

I came to the realization to late in development that my efforts were in vain developing on a Linux machine.

25-11-2019 10:04AM

Are you trying to get the active window on Linux, or developing a program for use on Windows?

L.Jenkins · 28-11-2019 08:05PM

Was developing on Linux, but it was for Windows. Finished up the project.

Finding the Process ID of an Active App

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