Excel - Get Window State

This macro gets application window state.

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1 Open MS Excel.

2 Create a blank workbook.

3 Go to Developer's tab > click on "Visual Basic" button or hit Alt + F11.

4 Go to Insert tab > click on "Module" or hit M.

5 Copy the VBA code from below.

6 Paste the code in the newly created module.

7 Go to Run tab > click on "Run Sub/UserForm" or hit F5.

8 That's it!

Code

'==========================================
' Get Window State
'==========================================
Sub getWindowState()
    ' With active window
    With ActiveWindow
        ' Check window state
        If .WindowState = xlNormal Then
            ' Return message
            MsgBox "State: Normal"
        ElseIf .WindowState = xlMinimized Then
            ' Return message
            MsgBox "State: Minimized"
        ElseIf .WindowState = xlMaximized Then
            ' Return message
            MsgBox "State: Maximized"
        End If
    End With
End Sub