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bbj YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 2	Tracking applications Feb 15th, 2010, 4:54am   Hi, I'm trying to track application switching for visualization. Is there a way to get the information about the active application (focused window)?

seltar Senior Member Offline Posts: 475	Re: Tracking applications Reply #1 - Feb 15th, 2010, 6:37am   Think you'll find what you need here http://www.developer.com/java/other/article.php/3502181/Window-Focus-and-State-in-Java.htm Let us know your progress!
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bbj YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 2	Re: Tracking applications Reply #2 - Feb 15th, 2010, 1:06pm   Thanks for the fast reply. But does this also work for native applications? I have been searching for some ways to solve this problem and came across JNA. Do you have any idea if this would work out?