Question regarding WinActivate

[Hooch 0]

When you call WinActivate() what is the behaivor if the window that is called to be activated is already active? Do I save processing if I do a ....

If WinActive("window1") Then
    WinActivate("window2")
endIf

... or does the function check that and not bother if the window is already active?

I just want to be as efficient as possible....

[Jos 2,206]

When you call WinActivate() what is the behaivor if the window that is called to be activated is already active? Do I save processing if I do a ....

If WinActive("window1") Then
    WinActivate("window2")
endIf

... or does the function check that and not bother if the window is already active?

I just want to be as efficient as possible....

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

WinActivate() will give the focus to the specified window. Nothing happends when the Window already has the focus....

[Hooch 0]

ah ok, so with the extra if clause Im costing myself cpu cycles..... thanks.

I knew it worked fine either way, I just wasn't sure which was more efficient.

Edited April 28, 2005 by Hooch

[w0uter 4]

WinActivate("E:\AutoIt")

Sleep(100)

$t = TimerInit()
If NOT WinActive("E:\AutoIt") Then WinActivate("E:\AutoIt")
ConsoleWrite(Timerdiff($t) & @CR); gives +/- 0.6

$t = TimerInit()
WinActivate("E:\AutoIt")
ConsoleWrite(Timerdiff($t) & @CR); gives +/- 250.0

so the 1st method is way better

[phillip123adams 0]

WinActivate("E:\AutoIt")

Sleep(100)

$t = TimerInit()
If NOT WinActive("E:\AutoIt") Then WinActivate("E:\AutoIt")
ConsoleWrite(Timerdiff($t) & @CR); gives +/- 0.6

$t = TimerInit()
WinActivate("E:\AutoIt")
ConsoleWrite(Timerdiff($t) & @CR); gives +/- 250.0

so the 1st method is way better

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

wOuter,

This test is misleading because the AutoIt WinWaitDelay option defaults to 250ms. If set to 0ms, the time to activate a window is reduced from 251ms to about 0.19ms on my PC. While I don't recommend a delay of zero milliseconds, I often set WinWaitDelay to 5ms.

My results from 10 runs using Opt("WinWaitDelay", 0):

1. Not activating the window if already active: 0.17ms to .22 ms

2. Always activating the window: 0.16ms to 0.23ms

[w0uter 4]

stupid me lol.

w/ the opt()

1st try

0.594628697874134
0.93590351501102

2nd try

0.846656363694903
0.655575459023735

3th try

0.653381101656964
0.430464892331018

4th try

2.20084589739762
3.30013434841021

i think that it doesnt really make a diffenence ...

and i also tried this

$bx = 0
$ax = 0

WinActivate("E:\AutoIt")

Opt("WinWaitDelay", 0)

Sleep(100)

For $i = 1 to 100

$a1 = 0
For $a = 1 To 100
    $t = TimerInit()
    If NOT WinActive("E:\AutoIt") Then WinActivate("E:\AutoIt")
    $a1 += Timerdiff($t)
Next

$b1 = 0
For $b = 1 To 100
    $t = TimerInit()
    WinActivate("E:\AutoIt")
    $b1 += Timerdiff($t)
Next

If $a1 < $b1 Then 
    $bx += 1
;MsgBox(0, '', "If: (" &  $b1 - $a1 & ")")
Else
    $ax += 1
;MsgBox(0, '', "Normal: (" &  $a1 - $b1 & ")")
EndIf

Next

MsgBox(0, '', $ax & @CRLF & $bx)

IT ENDED EXACTLY IN 50-50

Edited April 29, 2005 by w0uter

[Hooch 0]

Thanks guys.

[Toppy 0]

Nice to see thios problem solved :">

Edited April 29, 2005 by Toppy