bugfix for IE. see issue #10

BrowserSelect/BrowserSelect.csproj

@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
     <Compile Include="BrowserUC.Designer.cs">
       <DependentUpon>BrowserUC.cs</DependentUpon>
     </Compile>
+    <Compile Include="ForegroundAgent.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Form1.cs">
       <SubType>Form</SubType>
     </Compile>

BrowserSelect/ForegroundAgent.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using System.Text;
+
+namespace BrowserSelect
+{
+    // aquired from:
+    // http://stackoverflow.com/a/11065126/1461004
+    // and
+    // http://stackoverflow.com/q/9099479/1461004
+    class ForegroundAgent
+    {
+        [DllImport("user32.dll")]
+        private static extern int SetForegroundWindow(IntPtr hWnd);
+
+        private const int SW_SHOWNORMAL = 1;
+        private const int SW_SHOWMAXIMIZED = 3;
+        private const int SW_RESTORE = 9;
+
+        private const int GWL_STYLE = -16;
+        private const UInt32 WS_MAXIMIZE = 0x1000000;
+
+        [DllImport("user32.dll")]
+        private static extern bool ShowWindow(IntPtr hWnd, int nCmdShow);
+
+        [DllImport("user32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
+        static extern int GetWindowLong(IntPtr hWnd, int nIndex);
+
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// sets window state of given hWnd to Restore if it is not maximized
+        /// also gives said window focus (setForegroundWindow)
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="hwnd">hWnd of window to be restored</param>
+        public static void RestoreWindow(int hwnd)
+        {
+
+            var hWnd = new IntPtr(hwnd);
+
+            int style = GetWindowLong(hWnd, GWL_STYLE);
+            if ((style & WS_MAXIMIZE) != WS_MAXIMIZE)
+                ShowWindow(hWnd, SW_RESTORE);
+            SetForegroundWindow(hWnd);
+        }
+    }
+}

BrowserSelect/Form1.cs

@@ -126,6 +126,8 @@ public static void open_url(Browser b)
                     if (iExplorer.Name.EndsWith("Internet Explorer"))
                     {
                         iExplorer.Navigate(Program.url, 0x800);
+                        // for issue #10 (bring IE to focus after opening link)
+                        ForegroundAgent.RestoreWindow(iExplorer.HWND);
                         found = true;
                         break;
                     }

BrowserSelect/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs

@@ -32,5 +32,5 @@
 // You can specify all the values or you can default the Build and Revision Numbers 
 // by using the '*' as shown below:
 // [assembly: AssemblyVersion("1.0.*")]
-[assembly: AssemblyVersion("1.3.1.0")]
-[assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("1.3.1.0")]
+[assembly: AssemblyVersion("1.3.2.0")]
+[assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("1.3.2.0")]

README.md

@@ -18,12 +18,15 @@ it has been tested on windows 7, windows 8.1 and windows 10. requires **.net fra
 
 # Download
 
-you can download browser select here : [Browser select v1.3.1 (197KB)](https://github.com/zumoshi/BrowserSelect/releases/download/1.3.1/BrowserSelect.exe)
+you can download browser select here : [Browser select v1.3.2 (198KB)](https://github.com/zumoshi/BrowserSelect/releases/download/1.3.2/BrowserSelect.exe)
 
 
 
 # Changelog 
 
+v1.3.2
+- bugfix to bring IE to foreground if it is already open
+
 v1.3.1
 - bugfix for Auto rule creation of domains with subdomains