WinMove

[anixon]

I am wanting to open a document using Notepad as the editor and have the Notepad window the size of the document as well as setting the x y position of the window. This code has no effect as the Notepad window is the size and position it was in when last closed.

Global $sLogDirHelp = @ScriptDir & "\Help\
Global $sESVersion = "sESVersion.txt" 
ShellExecute($sESVersion, "", $sLogDirHelp, "Edit")
WinActivate("[CLASS:Notepad]", "")
WinMove("[CLASS:Notepad]","",-1, -1, 500,300)

Help is always appreciated Ant..

[somdcomputerguy]

Use Default instead of -1

[anixon]

Use Default instead of -1

Tried that and it does not work either it only works if the document is already open and not called using 'Shellexecute' Ant..

[somdcomputerguy]

Try ShellExecuteWait instead of ShellExecute?

[anixon]

Try ShellExecuteWait instead of ShellExecute?

I use ShellExecute with a time out routine

Func _AutoCloseNotepadExe()
    While 1
        $MenuStartCycle = TimerInit()
        ;//Exit after nn Minutes
        While 1
            $MenuEndCycle = TimerDiff($MenuStartCycle)
            If $MenuEndCycle >= $EndMenuTimer * $sTextDurationX Then
                ProcessClose($sNotePadExe)
                ExitLoop (2)
            EndIf
            Sleep($SleepSLD)
            If Not ProcessExists($sNotePadExe) Then ExitLoop (2)
        WEnd
    WEnd
EndFunc   ;==>_AutoCloseNotepadExe

The issues with ShellExecuteWait is how do you time it out.

Ant..

[anixon]

Quite apart from the time out requirement I have tried with 'ShellExecuteWait' which does not resolve the issue.

[JohnOne]

Try using the window handle, could work.

Global $sLogDirHelp = @ScriptDir & "\Help\"
Global $sESVersion = "sESVersion.txt" 
ShellExecute($sESVersion, "", $sLogDirHelp, "Edit")
$hWin = WinActivate("[CLASS:Notepad]", "")
WinMove("$hWin","",-1, -1, 500,300)

Edited March 1, 2010 by JohnOne

[anixon]

Try using the window handle, could work.

Global $sLogDirHelp = @ScriptDir & "\Help\"
Global $sESVersion = "sESVersion.txt" 
ShellExecute($sESVersion, "", $sLogDirHelp, "Edit")
$hWin = WinActivate("[CLASS:Notepad]", "")
WinMove("$hWin","",-1, -1, 500,300)

Tried that and it does not work either if I was to guess then ShellExecute has got hold of the window simply because if you open the file yourself comment out ShellExecute it works. Now why is that so? Ant.. Edited March 1, 2010 by anixon

[Melba23]

anixon,

You need to wait until the Notepad window is active before you try to use WinMove, so instead of WinActivate, use WinWaitActive:

Global $sLogDirHelp = @ScriptDir & "\Help\"
Global $sESVersion = "sESVersion.txt"
ShellExecute($sESVersion, "", $sLogDirHelp, "Edit")
WinWaitActive("[CLASS:Notepad]", "")
WinMove("[CLASS:Notepad]", "", Default, Default, 500, 300)

Using this I get Notepad opening to the size it was when last closed and then immediately resizing to the required dimensions.

M23