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Why not Koda like ? That will be easier for you and the user 🤔 My 2 cents.

It is a pleasure to see people getting the hang of it and realizing their visions 🍷

"One of the reasons FastFind is so much quicker than AutoIt's native pixel search functions is it's use of SnapShots. A SnapShot is basically a pixel map of a specified area on screen as it looked at the time the SnapShot was taken. This pixel information is stored in active memory, which means your script can access it much, much faster than the time it would take to make a new pixel request from the screen. Once a SnapShot is taken, search operations can be performed on that SnapShot until that memory is freed or overwritten." Yes, you could take a screenshot and search the BMP. I forgot what thread it was at but working code ( other than this DLL ) can be found in the forum ( if you find it ). @paw, thanks for the link. I never use pixel... anything but it looks good

...there is also IPC. The code could ask the other code to show itself.

You could have more instances looking for it and report via IPC ( my take on "how" here ) and there are a few in the WiKi that you can try. This way if you run 8 chunks of screen, it'll 8 times faster of whatever technique you use.

#NoTrayIcon #include <AutoItConstants.au3> #include <TrayConstants.au3> #include <GUIConstantsEx.au3> #include <MsgBoxConstants.au3> #include <StaticConstants.au3> Global $hGUI Opt("TrayMenuMode", 3) Opt("TrayAutoPause", 0) Opt("TrayOnEventMode", 1) TraySetOnEvent($TRAY_EVENT_PRIMARYDOWN, 'idGUI') TraySetClick(16) Global $idGUI = TrayCreateItem("Show GUI") TrayItemSetOnEvent($idGUI, "idGUI") TrayCreateItem("") Global $idExit = TrayCreateItem('Exit') TrayItemSetOnEvent($idExit, "_Exit") TraySetIcon(@AutoItExe, 1) TraySetToolTip("Show GUI") Example() Func Example() Local $sDefaultstatus = "Ready" $hGUI = GUICreate("My GUI menu", 300, 200) Local $idMnu_File = GUICtrlCreateMenu("&File") Local $idMnu_Help = GUICtrlCreateMenu("Help") Local $idMni_Info = GUICtrlCreateMenuItem("About", $idMnu_Help) Local $idMnu_View = GUICtrlCreateMenu("View", -1, 1) Local $idBtn_Hide = GUICtrlCreateButton("Hide GUI", 50, 130, 70, 20) GUICtrlSetState(-1, $GUI_FOCUS) Local $idBtn_Cancel = GUICtrlCreateButton("Exit", 180, 130, 70, 20) Local $idLbl_Status = GUICtrlCreateLabel($sDefaultstatus, 0, 165, 300, 16, BitOR($SS_SIMPLE, $SS_SUNKEN)) GUISetState(@SW_SHOW) ; Loop until the user exits. While 1 Switch GUIGetMsg() Case $idBtn_Hide ;~ GUISetState(@SW_HIDE, $hGUI) WinSetState($hGUI, "", @SW_HIDE) Case $idBtn_Cancel, $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE ExitLoop Case $idMni_Info MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, "Info", "Only a test...") EndSwitch WEnd GUIDelete() EndFunc ;==>Example Func _Exit() Exit EndFunc Func idGUI() If Not BitAND(WinGetState($hGUI), $WIN_STATE_VISIBLE) Then WinSetState($hGUI, "", @SW_SHOW) ;~ ; get GUI window state ;~ Local $iState = WinGetState($hGUI) ;~ If $iState <> $WIN_STATE_VISIBLE Then GUISetState(@SW_SHOW, $hGUI) EndFunc yes, is an old bug, and the way it is. Fortunately you can get around it.

I'd have to look at it but "I ain't got time for that" Since you ( and UEZ ) are doing stuff to it, might as well ... add a $g_DarkModeType = 1, or 2, for the old/new style.. 🤷‍♂️ Good to know that M$ are attending to it

so, you'll be updating the current "mod" zip we all use with these new values ? 😅

Any of this code ( https://www.autoitscript.com/forum/topic/191058-datetime-pick-coloring ) useful ?

AM NOT A DOG ! ( didn't see your post until now ) this is in full screen on 100% this is full screen in 200% Hope this helps. I know that helping would be getting more involved. Ain't got much attention surplus these days.

... Local $sFile = StringLeft(@AutoItExe, StringInStr(@AutoItExe, "\", 0, -1) -1 ) & "\Examples\GUI\logo4.gif" Local $hImage = _GDIPlus_ImageLoadFromFile($sFile) ;create an image object based on a file Global $hWorkerW = _WinAPI_FindWindowEx($hProgman, 0, "WorkerW", "") If Not $hWorkerW Then ; dah Local $aEnumWindows = _WinAPI_EnumWindows(False) For $n = 1 To UBound($aEnumWindows) - 1 If $aEnumWindows[$n][1] <> "WorkerW" Then ContinueLoop If _WinAPI_GetParent($aEnumWindows[$n][0]) = $hProgman Then $hWorkerW = $aEnumWindows[$n][0] ExitLoop ; but is likely one at the end of the Z-order EndIf Next EndIf If $hWorkerW = 0 Then Exit MsgBox(16, "ERROR", "Couldn't find WorkerW under Progman", 30) ... OnAutoItExitRegister(CleanupResources) While GUIGetMsg() <> $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE WEnd CleanupResources() Func CleanupResources() Local Static $iRunOnce = 0 If $iRunOnce Then Return ConsoleWrite('+ Func CleanupResources() - WinExists: ' & WinExists($hGUI) & ' - ' & (IsInt(Execute("@exitCode")) ? 'TrayExit' : 'GuiClosed') & @CRLF) ;cleanup resources _GDIPlus_BrushDispose($hTexture) _GDIPlus_ImageDispose($hImage) _GDIPlus_GraphicsDispose($hGraphics) _GDIPlus_Shutdown() GUIDelete($hGUI) $iRunOnce = 1 EndFunc ... ...be mindful of everyone and everything ?

Ok, I'll give you the code because.... is already there. Look in CV - ControlViewer(mod) and take it. Just take the code and say that I, "the best copy and paste coder in the world and surrounding planets", gave it to you The only caveat is that at some point, someone will have to click "ok" to the initial elevation ( once ). Is that a deal braker for your needs ?

So..., what changed ?, what are you up to ? ( no good I'd guess ) What's been done in the past is to get the background image and add whatever it wants to be shown to it and set that edited image as the background image. That should work from Windows v.whatever until the holographic monitors comes out 🤔 So..., what are you up to ?

And the reason is ( drum roll ): is an interpreted language. Otherwise the stub that loads the script would have to be changed and have a stub for every feature to be included or not. Share the source in GitHub and have a free service ( for open source ) sign the compiled script. That should lessen the impact. If is private code, then pay for signing the exe ? I too would love to have no issues with my scripts. And is not just us, this guy from notepad++ went Self-signed. 🤷‍♂️

Never too late !. Amended the function to include those values too. Thanks