Wait for Window

[DanRiek]

I would like to create a procedure that runs behind the scenes that waits for a window to open then clicks a button on that window. The code is listed below and does work fine. The problem is that Autoit will use 5% CPU load waiting for the window. Is there a better way?

While 1 = 1

WinWaitActive ("Test - Window")

MouseClick ( "left", 487, 393)

Wend

[Tvern]

Stay with me here, because this gets pretty complicated and in-depth.

While 1 = 1

WinWaitActive ("Test - Window")

MouseClick ( "left", 487, 393)

sleep(10)

Wend

[kaotkbliss]

add a sleep in there to slow down the looping a little, like maybe Sleep(10)

[DanRiek]

This is the line that is causing the CPU utilization:

WinWaitActive ("Test - Window")

It is waiting for the window to appear. It is during this time that the procedure has a higher amount if CPU utilization. The window may not appear for hours but when it does the procedure run through and then begins to wait again for the window which may take hours to apear. Do you know of a better way of doing this code or am I in need of a different program? Thanks

[Yoriz]

Try this one.

While 1
If WinActive("Test - Window") Then
    MouseClick ( "left", 487, 393)
    Sleep(100) ; adjust to how quick you want it to click all the while its active
Else
    Sleep(100)
EndIf
Wend

[DanRiek]

Thank you that does help.