Gary_Capps@p27.f30.n147.z1.fidonet.org (Gary Capps) (04/28/91)
In a message of <24 Apr 91 17:18:00> Norbert Unterberg wrote to All: NU>Does anybody know if there is a way to get the task handles of all running NU>tasks? Maybe a function like EnumTasks (which doesn't exist). Windows NU>has functions like GetNumTasks() and GetCurrentTask(), but how can I get NU>task handles (or other task info) of all that tasks? There must be a way, NU>because HEAPWALK knows about the tasks! Well, the Task Manager does not, NU>it only displays the titles of all overlapped windows... Try using EnumWindows() and then calling GetWindowTask() for every window you find. gc
Norbert_Unterberg@p4.f36.n245.z2.fidonet.org (Norbert Unterberg) (05/03/91)
> NU>Does anybody know if there is a way to get the task handles of all > running > NU>tasks? Maybe a function like EnumTasks (which doesn't exist). Windows > > Try using EnumWindows() and then calling GetWindowTask() for every > window you find. I've already had that idea, but that's not exactly what I'm looking for. What if there is a running task with no parent window? I've written a program similar to Launch or BackMenu which only subclasses the desktop window but does not create a window by itself. Those programs are not found when using EnumWindows(), but they are running tasks and therefore detected by GetNumTasks(). So how do I get those task handles? Norbert, 2:245/36.4
ejs@borland.com (Eric Swenson) (05/29/91)
In article <1276198232@p4.f36.n245.z2.fidonet.org> Norbert_Unterberg%p4.f36.n245.z2@hippo.dfv.rwth-aachen.de (Norbert Unterberg) writes: >Does anybody know if there is a way to get the task handles of all running >tasks? Maybe a function like EnumTasks (which doesn't exist). Windows has >functions like GetNumTasks() and GetCurrentTask(), but how can I get task >handles (or other task info) of all that tasks? There must be a way, because >HEAPWALK knows about the tasks! Well, the Task Manager does not, it only >displays the titles of all overlapped windows... In Windows 3.0, you have to use undocumented means to get the list of running tasks. (You use GETTASKQUEUE and follow the chain of linked TDBs until you get a null pointer). For Windows 3.1, you can use the new TOOLHELP DLL which gives you an entrypoint to enumerate all the tasks. TOOLHELP is available as part of the OpenTools program and the current version runs fine under Windows 3.0. This is the MS-recommended way to do what you want. -- Eric Swenson (ejs@borland.com)