Checking if a window is active

Question

I have a console application that uses GetAsyncKeyState();, but if the user is on looking at another window and pressed a button, GetAsyncKeyState(); p

Answer 1

This thing worked for me:

HWND name;
name=GetForegroundWindow();

while(!_kbhit()){
   if(name==GetForegroundWindow())
      printf("Mine window is active\n");
   else
      printf("Mine window is not active\n");
}

Answer 2

To get the active Window you can call GetActiveWindow. GetFocus will return the handle of the window that has the input focus. This window can be a control as well. So you can check against your window handle and see if it has the focus.