Can't find window in c++
I'm pretty new to C++ and I'm making a hack for Assassin's Creed Odyssey, however I can't get my code to find the window.
HWND hwnd = FindWindowA(NULL, "Assassin's Creed® Odyssey");
Window name(s):
EDIT: Got it to work, the apostrophe is different than a normal one, for whoever needs it, this is the correct window name Assassin’s Creed® Odyssey
c++
edited Nov 14 '18 at 3:54
Remy Lebeau
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asked Nov 14 '18 at 1:59
Tate GreevesTate Greeves
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I'm pretty new to C++ and I'm making a hack for Assassin's Creed Odyssey, however I can't get my code to find the window.
HWND hwnd = FindWindowA(NULL, "Assassin's Creed® Odyssey");
Window name(s):
EDIT: Got it to work, the apostrophe is different than a normal one, for whoever needs it, this is the correct window name Assassin’s Creed® Odyssey
c++
edited Nov 14 '18 at 3:54
Remy Lebeau
334k18254450
asked Nov 14 '18 at 1:59
Tate GreevesTate Greeves
92
2
Maybe you shouldn't openly be saying that you're hacking a commercial product. Just a thought, you do what you want.
– DeiDei
Nov 14 '18 at 2:05
Realize that the authors of some of the software you feel you need to hack may be members here.
– PaulMcKenzie
Nov 14 '18 at 2:11
2
All the same, I believe Stack Overflow itself doesn't discriminate when it comes to the intentions behind a question.
– paddy
Nov 14 '18 at 2:12
@DeiDei Ubisoft is fine if the game is single player, it's just multiplayer games that get you into trouble.
– Tate Greeves
Nov 14 '18 at 2:55
@TateGreeves you should have posted your solution as an answer instead of as an edit to your question. You can post answers to your own questions. Now, in its current form, your question is has basically become irrelevant for a Q+A site and should be deleted.
– Remy Lebeau
Nov 14 '18 at 3:55
add a comment |
I'm pretty new to C++ and I'm making a hack for Assassin's Creed Odyssey, however I can't get my code to find the window.
HWND hwnd = FindWindowA(NULL, "Assassin's Creed® Odyssey");
Window name(s):
EDIT: Got it to work, the apostrophe is different than a normal one, for whoever needs it, this is the correct window name Assassin’s Creed® Odyssey
c++
edited Nov 14 '18 at 3:54
Remy Lebeau
334k18254450
asked Nov 14 '18 at 1:59
Tate GreevesTate Greeves
92
I'm pretty new to C++ and I'm making a hack for Assassin's Creed Odyssey, however I can't get my code to find the window.
HWND hwnd = FindWindowA(NULL, "Assassin's Creed® Odyssey");
Window name(s):
EDIT: Got it to work, the apostrophe is different than a normal one, for whoever needs it, this is the correct window name Assassin’s Creed® Odyssey
c++
c++
edited Nov 14 '18 at 3:54
Remy Lebeau
334k18254450
asked Nov 14 '18 at 1:59
Tate GreevesTate Greeves
92
edited Nov 14 '18 at 3:54
Remy Lebeau
334k18254450
asked Nov 14 '18 at 1:59
Tate GreevesTate Greeves
92
edited Nov 14 '18 at 3:54
Remy Lebeau
334k18254450
edited Nov 14 '18 at 3:54
Remy Lebeau
334k18254450
edited Nov 14 '18 at 3:54
Remy Lebeau
334k18254450
334k18254450
asked Nov 14 '18 at 1:59
Tate GreevesTate Greeves
92
asked Nov 14 '18 at 1:59
Tate GreevesTate Greeves
92
asked Nov 14 '18 at 1:59
Tate GreevesTate Greeves
92
92
2
Maybe you shouldn't openly be saying that you're hacking a commercial product. Just a thought, you do what you want.
– DeiDei
Nov 14 '18 at 2:05
Realize that the authors of some of the software you feel you need to hack may be members here.
– PaulMcKenzie
Nov 14 '18 at 2:11
2
All the same, I believe Stack Overflow itself doesn't discriminate when it comes to the intentions behind a question.
– paddy
Nov 14 '18 at 2:12
@DeiDei Ubisoft is fine if the game is single player, it's just multiplayer games that get you into trouble.
– Tate Greeves
Nov 14 '18 at 2:55
@TateGreeves you should have posted your solution as an answer instead of as an edit to your question. You can post answers to your own questions. Now, in its current form, your question is has basically become irrelevant for a Q+A site and should be deleted.
– Remy Lebeau
Nov 14 '18 at 3:55
add a comment |
2
Maybe you shouldn't openly be saying that you're hacking a commercial product. Just a thought, you do what you want.
– DeiDei
Nov 14 '18 at 2:05
Realize that the authors of some of the software you feel you need to hack may be members here.
– PaulMcKenzie
Nov 14 '18 at 2:11
2
All the same, I believe Stack Overflow itself doesn't discriminate when it comes to the intentions behind a question.
– paddy
Nov 14 '18 at 2:12
@DeiDei Ubisoft is fine if the game is single player, it's just multiplayer games that get you into trouble.
– Tate Greeves
Nov 14 '18 at 2:55
@TateGreeves you should have posted your solution as an answer instead of as an edit to your question. You can post answers to your own questions. Now, in its current form, your question is has basically become irrelevant for a Q+A site and should be deleted.
– Remy Lebeau
Nov 14 '18 at 3:55
2
2
Maybe you shouldn't openly be saying that you're hacking a commercial product. Just a thought, you do what you want.
– DeiDei
Nov 14 '18 at 2:05
Maybe you shouldn't openly be saying that you're hacking a commercial product. Just a thought, you do what you want.
– DeiDei
Nov 14 '18 at 2:05
Realize that the authors of some of the software you feel you need to hack may be members here.
– PaulMcKenzie
Nov 14 '18 at 2:11
Realize that the authors of some of the software you feel you need to hack may be members here.
– PaulMcKenzie
Nov 14 '18 at 2:11
2
2
All the same, I believe Stack Overflow itself doesn't discriminate when it comes to the intentions behind a question.
– paddy
Nov 14 '18 at 2:12
All the same, I believe Stack Overflow itself doesn't discriminate when it comes to the intentions behind a question.
– paddy
Nov 14 '18 at 2:12
@DeiDei Ubisoft is fine if the game is single player, it's just multiplayer games that get you into trouble.
– Tate Greeves
Nov 14 '18 at 2:55
@DeiDei Ubisoft is fine if the game is single player, it's just multiplayer games that get you into trouble.
– Tate Greeves
Nov 14 '18 at 2:55
@TateGreeves you should have posted your solution as an answer instead of as an edit to your question. You can post answers to your own questions. Now, in its current form, your question is has basically become irrelevant for a Q+A site and should be deleted.
– Remy Lebeau
Nov 14 '18 at 3:55
@TateGreeves you should have posted your solution as an answer instead of as an edit to your question. You can post answers to your own questions. Now, in its current form, your question is has basically become irrelevant for a Q+A site and should be deleted.
– Remy Lebeau
Nov 14 '18 at 3:55
add a comment |
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Ahh. FindWindowA expects an ANSI string. To use the ® in Microsoft Windows, you should use the wstring variant, and use a wstring literal:
HWND hwnd = FindWindowW(NULL, L"Assassin's Creed® Odyssey");
Do check that you are using the correct type of apostrophe. I can't tell from the screen capture whether it is an ANSI apostrophe or a right single quote.
The L before the " indicates that it is a wstring. In Windows computers this is pretty much UTF-16, though Microsoft Windows doesn't quite meet all the UTF-16 standards.
See https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/language/string_literal for more information on the various type of string literals.
This microsoft article: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/learnwin32/working-with-strings, explains the difference between the ANSI functions (ending with 'A') and the Unicode functions (ending with 'W').
answered Nov 14 '18 at 2:04
rsjaffersjaffe
3,88671631
Thanks alot, though that may have been the case, I went into the Spy++ and copied and pasted the window caption, the apostrophe was different than what I put in the HWND. It works now.
– Tate Greeves
Nov 14 '18 at 3:03
add a comment |
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Ahh. FindWindowA expects an ANSI string. To use the ® in Microsoft Windows, you should use the wstring variant, and use a wstring literal:
HWND hwnd = FindWindowW(NULL, L"Assassin's Creed® Odyssey");
Do check that you are using the correct type of apostrophe. I can't tell from the screen capture whether it is an ANSI apostrophe or a right single quote.
The L before the " indicates that it is a wstring. In Windows computers this is pretty much UTF-16, though Microsoft Windows doesn't quite meet all the UTF-16 standards.
See https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/language/string_literal for more information on the various type of string literals.
This microsoft article: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/learnwin32/working-with-strings, explains the difference between the ANSI functions (ending with 'A') and the Unicode functions (ending with 'W').
answered Nov 14 '18 at 2:04
rsjaffersjaffe
3,88671631
Thanks alot, though that may have been the case, I went into the Spy++ and copied and pasted the window caption, the apostrophe was different than what I put in the HWND. It works now.
– Tate Greeves
Nov 14 '18 at 3:03
add a comment |
Ahh. FindWindowA expects an ANSI string. To use the ® in Microsoft Windows, you should use the wstring variant, and use a wstring literal:
HWND hwnd = FindWindowW(NULL, L"Assassin's Creed® Odyssey");
Do check that you are using the correct type of apostrophe. I can't tell from the screen capture whether it is an ANSI apostrophe or a right single quote.
The L before the " indicates that it is a wstring. In Windows computers this is pretty much UTF-16, though Microsoft Windows doesn't quite meet all the UTF-16 standards.
See https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/language/string_literal for more information on the various type of string literals.
This microsoft article: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/learnwin32/working-with-strings, explains the difference between the ANSI functions (ending with 'A') and the Unicode functions (ending with 'W').
answered Nov 14 '18 at 2:04
rsjaffersjaffe
3,88671631
Thanks alot, though that may have been the case, I went into the Spy++ and copied and pasted the window caption, the apostrophe was different than what I put in the HWND. It works now.
– Tate Greeves
Nov 14 '18 at 3:03
add a comment |
Ahh. FindWindowA expects an ANSI string. To use the ® in Microsoft Windows, you should use the wstring variant, and use a wstring literal:
HWND hwnd = FindWindowW(NULL, L"Assassin's Creed® Odyssey");
Do check that you are using the correct type of apostrophe. I can't tell from the screen capture whether it is an ANSI apostrophe or a right single quote.
The L before the " indicates that it is a wstring. In Windows computers this is pretty much UTF-16, though Microsoft Windows doesn't quite meet all the UTF-16 standards.
See https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/language/string_literal for more information on the various type of string literals.
This microsoft article: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/learnwin32/working-with-strings, explains the difference between the ANSI functions (ending with 'A') and the Unicode functions (ending with 'W').
answered Nov 14 '18 at 2:04
rsjaffersjaffe
3,88671631
Ahh. FindWindowA expects an ANSI string. To use the ® in Microsoft Windows, you should use the wstring variant, and use a wstring literal:
HWND hwnd = FindWindowW(NULL, L"Assassin's Creed® Odyssey");
Do check that you are using the correct type of apostrophe. I can't tell from the screen capture whether it is an ANSI apostrophe or a right single quote.
The L before the " indicates that it is a wstring. In Windows computers this is pretty much UTF-16, though Microsoft Windows doesn't quite meet all the UTF-16 standards.
See https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/language/string_literal for more information on the various type of string literals.
This microsoft article: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/learnwin32/working-with-strings, explains the difference between the ANSI functions (ending with 'A') and the Unicode functions (ending with 'W').
answered Nov 14 '18 at 2:04
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answered Nov 14 '18 at 2:04
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answered Nov 14 '18 at 2:04
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Thanks alot, though that may have been the case, I went into the Spy++ and copied and pasted the window caption, the apostrophe was different than what I put in the HWND. It works now.
– Tate Greeves
Nov 14 '18 at 3:03
add a comment |
Thanks alot, though that may have been the case, I went into the Spy++ and copied and pasted the window caption, the apostrophe was different than what I put in the HWND. It works now.
– Tate Greeves
Nov 14 '18 at 3:03
Thanks alot, though that may have been the case, I went into the Spy++ and copied and pasted the window caption, the apostrophe was different than what I put in the HWND. It works now.
– Tate Greeves
Nov 14 '18 at 3:03
Thanks alot, though that may have been the case, I went into the Spy++ and copied and pasted the window caption, the apostrophe was different than what I put in the HWND. It works now.
– Tate Greeves
Nov 14 '18 at 3:03
add a comment |
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Maybe you shouldn't openly be saying that you're hacking a commercial product. Just a thought, you do what you want.
– DeiDei
Nov 14 '18 at 2:05
Realize that the authors of some of the software you feel you need to hack may be members here.
– PaulMcKenzie
Nov 14 '18 at 2:11
2
All the same, I believe Stack Overflow itself doesn't discriminate when it comes to the intentions behind a question.
– paddy
Nov 14 '18 at 2:12
@DeiDei Ubisoft is fine if the game is single player, it's just multiplayer games that get you into trouble.
– Tate Greeves
Nov 14 '18 at 2:55
@TateGreeves you should have posted your solution as an answer instead of as an edit to your question. You can post answers to your own questions. Now, in its current form, your question is has basically become irrelevant for a Q+A site and should be deleted.
– Remy Lebeau
Nov 14 '18 at 3:55