C# get pixel color from another window

Question

I want to get a pixel color from another window. The code I have is:

  using System;
  using System.Drawing;
  using System.Runtime.InteropServices;


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Answer 1

You can import FindWindow as you said to find windows by the caption:

[DllImport("user32.dll", EntryPoint = "FindWindow", SetLastError = true)]
static extern IntPtr FindWindowByCaption(IntPtr ZeroOnly, string lpWindowName);

static IntPtr FindWindowByCaption(string caption)
{
    return FindWindowByCaption(IntPtr.Zero, caption);
}

Then, add an extra param to your GetPixelColor with the handler:

static public System.Drawing.Color GetPixelColor(IntPtr hwnd, int x, int y)
{
    IntPtr hdc = GetDC(hwnd);
    uint pixel = GetPixel(hdc, x, y);
    ReleaseDC(hwnd, hdc);
    Color color = Color.FromArgb((int)(pixel & 0x000000FF),
                    (int)(pixel & 0x0000FF00) >> 8,
                    (int)(pixel & 0x00FF0000) >> 16);
    return color;
}

Usage:

var title = "windows caption";

var hwnd = FindWindowByCaption(title);

var pixel = Win32.GetPixelColor(hwnd, x, y);