How can I get the current active window at the time a batch script is run?

Question

I have a batch script I want to run with hotkeys, and this script is supposed to make some actions in the active window (for example, creating a particular set of folders, o

Answer 1

You can lookup which process got the window in foreground using pinvoke of user32.dll. I've used this trick for system.window.forms.sendkeys method in a script:

Add-Type @"
  using System;
  using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
  public class Tricks {
    [DllImport("user32.dll")]
    public static extern IntPtr GetForegroundWindow();
}
"@

$a = [tricks]::GetForegroundWindow()

get-process | ? { $_.mainwindowhandle -eq $a } # in my case:

Handles  NPM(K)    PM(K)      WS(K) VM(M)   CPU(s)     Id ProcessName
-------  ------    -----      ----- -----   ------     -- -----------

    161       7    13984      15820    91     9,75   7720 Console