How can I check to see if the active window is maximized with vbs?

Question

When I'm working, I want to be able to maximize or restore a window. But I only want to use one shortcut key to do it. I am currently using the below code to perform the function of maximizing. However, if the window is already maximized, this won't 'restore' the window.

Set oShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell") 
oShell.SendKeys "% x"

I guess I'm thinking of code like this:

if window state=Maximized 
then Restore
else Maximize

This logic will 'maximize' the window if it isn't and 'restore' it if it is.

Thanks.

PS: Extra points if you skip the whole SendKeys thing and go straight to native commands.

Answer 1

VBScript and Windows Script Host don't provide access to Windows API, so you can't do that.

A possible workaround is to write a custom utility (in C++, C# with PInvoke etc) that will perform this kind of check and call it from your script.