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September 9, 2003
Download Cmdow, a Win32 commandline utility that allows windows to be listed, moved, resized, renamed, hidden/unhidden, disabled/enabled, minimized, maximized, restored, activated/inactivated, closed, killed and more.
Cmdow was written with batch file programmers in mind. Particular attention has been paid to the Cmdow output to make it easy to process with the FOR /F command.
When you type CMDOW /?, you receive:
CMDOW [Version 1.4.1] Win32 Commandline Window Utility for NT4/W2K/XP.(C) Copyright 2001-2002 Ritchie Lawrence, http://www.commandline.co.uk. CMDOW [window | /T] [/B] [/F] [/P] CMDOW /TH | /TV | /MA | /UM | /CW | /AT | /FS | /WM CMDOW window {[/ACT] [/INA] [/ENA] [/DIS] [/VIS] [/HID] [/MIN] [/MAX] [/RES] [/TOP] [/NOT] [/REN caption] [/MOV left top] [/SIZ width height] [/CLS] [/END]} CMDOW /RUN [state] file [args] window List specified window (if omitted, all windows are listed). /T List windows only shown on the taskbar. /B List windows using bare format (no heading information). /F List windows showing full information (don't truncate any fields). /P List windows showing position and size (left, top, width and height). /TH Tile windows horizontally. /TV Tile windows vertically. /MA Minimize all windows. /UM Undo minimize all windows. /CW Cascade windows. /AT Intelligent [Alt]-[Tab] /FS Switch to full screen mode. /WM Switch to window mode. /ACT Activate specified window. /INA Inactivate specified window. /ENA Enable specified window. /DIS Disable specified window. /VIS Unhide specified window. /HID Hide specified window. /MIN Minimize specified window. /MAX Maximize specified window. /RES Restore specified window. /REN Rename specified window. /TOP Make window always on top. /NOT Make window not always on top. /MOV Move specified window. /SIZ Resize specified window. /CLS Close specified window. /END Kill process linked to window. /RUN Executes or opens specified file using associated application. state Initial show state of window (/MIN, /MAX or /HID). Default is normal. args Optional commandline arguments passed to launched application. Specify a window by its caption (case insensitive) or handle in hex format. The At symbol '@' may be used to refer to this window. For more help on any parameter use CMDOW /? . Eg CMDOW /? /RUN or CMDOW /? window.
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