Activating A Random Window

[Cerb]

Well, let's say I have many windows and I want to activate random ones. Those I want to activate have the " - Wnd" string.

In short

let's say i have those windows opened:

"1 - Wnd"

"2 - Wnd"

"3 - Wnd"

"Untitled - Notepad"

"Internet Explorer"

I want to active one of the first three (randomly). How could I do this?

Thanks

[CyberSlug]

Here's a general idea:

- obtain a list of open windows (somehow???)

- put names or handles of windows into an array, say $myWins

- use Random(...) to pick a number 0 to UBound($MyWins)-1

- active the window specified by the randomly generated array element

I don't know how do step one, however

Another idea (not tested):

$RndNum = Random(1, 10)
For $i = 1 to $RndNum
   Send("{AltDown}{Tab}{AltUp}")
Next

Good Luck

[Valik]

Here's a general idea:

- obtain a list of open windows (somehow???)

- put names or handles of windows into an array, say $myWins

- use Random(...) to pick a number 0 to UBound($MyWins)-1

- active the window specified by the randomly generated array element

I don't know how do step one, however

Another idea (not tested):

$RndNum = Random(1, 10)
For $i = 1 to $RndNum
   Send("{AltDown}{Tab}{AltUp}")
Next

Good Luck

Step one brings up a valid point. We have no way to enumerate windows. At some point, we should probably address that. I think wrapping the API function GetWindow() may be the best method as you can create loops to emulate EnumWindows() and EnumChildWindows() or pretty much find anything in the z-order you want with that function.

[Valik]

WinEnum

and

RegEnumKeys

and/or

RegEnumValues

all go on the wishlist me thinketh...

Lar.

And possibly ProcEnum?

[CyberSlug]

Larry's "proof of concept" should go in the UDF library!

[MattNis]

Opt("WinTitleMatchMode",2)

OPT???

[Nutster]

Opt() is a new alias for AutoItSetOption(). I guess the name was getting too long.