Maximizing Lync Window Using Powershell? - powershell

Question

I've created a script that will automatically initiate a video call with a user of my choice.
When ran, the script leaves the video call docked, with the lync video call window flashing.
How would I be able to get this window to maximize and go to full screen when the script is ran?
Thank you so much for your help.
Below is my code
$assemblyPath = “C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office 2013\LyncSDK\Assemblies\Desktop\Microsoft.Lync.Model.DLL”
Import-Module $assemblyPath
$LyncClient = [Microsoft.Lync.Model.LyncClient]::GetClient()
$StartVideoCallMethod = {
$Conversation = $this.ConversationManager.AddConversation();
$contact = $LyncClient.ContactManager.GetContactByUri("useremailhere")
[void]$Conversation.AddParticipant($contact);
[void]$Conversation.Modalities['AudioVideo'].BeginConnect({}, 0);
};
Add-Member -InputObject $LyncClient -MemberType ScriptMethod -Name StartVideoCall -Value $StartVideoCallMethod -Force;
# Initiate the video call
$Conversation = $LyncClient.StartVideoCall();

Answer 1

I don't have Lync, but something like this should work. I'm using the process name (or what I'm guessing it is) to get the MainWindowHandle for the Lync window, then sending that a command to maximize (cmd=3, see here for the full list of values: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms633548%28v=vs.85%29.aspx).
This code may break if more than one process matches by name, but it should get you started; if you can get the PID or some other, better unique identifier, use that. Just mess around with the output of Get-Process and you should see a number of options, and remember you can always use a Where clause to filter the output. Or of course if there's some way to get the MainWindowHandle directly from $LyncClient, even better.
$w = Get-Process -Name "Lync"
$Win32ShowWindowAsync = Add-Type –memberDefinition `
'[DllImport("user32.dll")] public static extern bool ShowWindowAsync(IntPtr hWnd, int nCmdShow);' `
-name “Win32ShowWindowAsync” -namespace Win32Functions –passThru
$Win32ShowWindowAsync::ShowWindowAsync($w.MainWindowHandle,3) | Out-Null

Answer 2

Here the code that I have so far.
Still needs some tweaks to perfect it but it does the job.
Tweaks would be specifying which window to maximize as it will sometimes maximize the lync contacts window.
Code
$assemblyPath = “C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office 2013\LyncSDK\Assemblies\Desktop\Microsoft.Lync.Model.DLL”
Import-Module $assemblyPath
$exePath = "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 15\root\office15\lync.exe"
if(!(get-process | ?{$_.path -eq $exePath})){
Start-Process -FilePath $exePath -WindowStyle Maximized
Start-Sleep -s 10
}
$LyncClient = [Microsoft.Lync.Model.LyncClient]::GetClient()
$StartVideoCallMethod = {
$Conversation = $this.ConversationManager.AddConversation();
$contact = $LyncClient.ContactManager.GetContactByUri("ernesto.gomila#quirchfoods.com")
[void]$Conversation.AddParticipant($contact);
[void]$Conversation.Modalities['AudioVideo'].BeginConnect({}, 0);
};
Add-Member -InputObject $LyncClient -MemberType ScriptMethod -Name StartVideoCall -Value $StartVideoCallMethod -Force;
# Initiate the video call
$Conversation = $LyncClient.StartVideoCall();
#Maximize window
$w = Get-Process -Name "lync"
$Win32ShowWindowAsync = Add-Type –memberDefinition #"
[DllImport("user32.dll")] public static extern bool ShowWindowAsync(IntPtr hWnd, int nCmdShow);
"# -name “Win32ShowWindowAsync” -namespace Win32Functions –passThru
Start-Sleep -s 2
$Win32ShowWindowAsync::ShowWindowAsync($w.MainWindowHandle,3) | Out-Null