xtal256 Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 (edited) Have you ever used an application like Microsoft's Spy++, or the slightly better Winspector Spy? For those of you who don't know, these are utilities that allow you to inspect the windows of any other application. Mainly used by programmers, they can be extremely useful for debugging or diagnosing problems related to UI and Window API. But as powerful as these applications are, there are things that they can't do. Thing that they should be able to do. Winspector Spy is probably the best of them, but it doesn't even allow you to show or hide windows. So that's why i decided to write my own one. It's nowhere near complete, but it already has some features that Winspector doesn't. It allows you to show and hide windows as well as change their position. The interface is based off Winspector, it has a tree view which shows all windows on the system ordered by their parent-child relationship and an MDI area where you can open a window to view the properties of a window. It is written in C++ with Visual Studio 2008 and uses the Qt framework. EDIT: Version 1.2.0 available! Download from https://sourceforge.net/projects/windowdetective/files/ Edited July 25, 2010 by Haro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtal256 Posted April 8, 2010 Author Share Posted April 8, 2010 I have made a few enhancements and uploaded another version. To download, go to the Window Detective project page at Sourceforge and click the "Download Now" button. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTArv Posted April 10, 2010 Share Posted April 10, 2010 Nice work Haro, this is a very useful tool, thanks a lot! I'm currently learning to write Windows applications and Window Detective makes it easier to understand their anatomy. I feel the best feature is the ability to change window styles and properties, which gives a lot of room for experimentation. I've never used WinInspector/Spy++, but I love the simplistic interface which I'm sure novices such as myself will appreciate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtal256 Posted April 12, 2010 Author Share Posted April 12, 2010 Thanks GTArv, i'm glad you like it The main interface is actually based on Winspector Spy, as i find it's interface easy to use. I am trying to make the "Set Properties" and "Find" dialogs easy to use as well, while still allowing as much control as possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtal256 Posted June 20, 2010 Author Share Posted June 20, 2010 Version 1.0.1 available. See first post for details Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtal256 Posted July 25, 2010 Author Share Posted July 25, 2010 fyi, version 1.2.0 is now available Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eva2010 Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 it's a good job..go on doing it.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtal256 Posted August 8, 2010 Author Share Posted August 8, 2010 thanks man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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