Better test for visible desktop, should be working on all platforms.

[Jakob Eriksson]

Dmitry Timoshkov wrote:

>"Dmitry Timoshkov" <dmitry at baikal.ru> wrote:
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>>>It's not pretty, but I don't have an NT4 to test with, so I didn't want 
>>>to change
>>>anything. Later I can refactor it into exactly the failing part.
>>>      
>>>
>>Did you consider implementing the approach Robert Shearman has pointed out?
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>Here is another way for testing for a visible desktop which just came
>to my mind (based on the EMF test failure analysis and the description
>from http://www.codeproject.com/gdi/cliprgnguide.asp):
>
>static int running_on_visible_desktop ()
>{
>    BOOL visible;
>    HWND desktop;
>    HDC hdc;
>    HRGN hrgn;
>    RECT rc;
>
>    desktop = GetDesktopWindow();
>    hdc = GetDC(desktop);
>    hrgn = CreateRectRgn(0, 0, 0, 0);
>    GetRandomRgn(hdc, hrgn, SYSRGN);
>
>    visible = GetRgnBox(hrgn, &rc) != NULLREGION;
>
>    DeleteObject(hrgn);
>    ReleaseDC(desktop, hdc);
>
>    return visible;
>}
>
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>
Go for it, could you send a patch to wine-cvs?


regards,
Jakob