Determining an active application

[Charles Tam]

From an application form, how do I determine whether the application is
active, i.e. running as a foreground task insteads of a background task?

 

[Michel Walsh]

Hi,


In Access? Screen.ActiveForm returns the FORM (object) having the
Focus.



Hoping it may help,
Vanderghast, Access MVP

 

[Charles Tam]

Thanks for your reply.
Yes, I would like the Access form to determine whether it is the active
window (i.e. it is running as a foreground task), and whether it is the
inactive window (i.e. it is running as a background task). Note that, the
application has only one form.

 

[Michel Walsh]

Hi,


GetForegroundWindow (Declare Function GetForegroundWindow Lib "user32" ()
As Long) returns the handle of the window with which interacts the user.



Hoping it may help,
Vanderghast, Access MVP