WinTitleMatchMode

[mro2]

Guys,

consider the following script

#include <Constants.au3>

Func WinExistsExact($title, $text="")
    MsgBox( 0, "Before Setting", AutoItSetOption( "WinTitleMatchMode", $OPT_MATCHEXACT ))
    $res = WinExists($title, $text)
    MsgBox( 0, "After Setting", AutoItSetOption( "WinTitleMatchMode", $OPT_MATCHSTART ))
    MsgBox(0, "res", $res)
    Return $res
EndFunc

If WinExistsExact("XXX") Then
    MsgBox(0, "aaa", "Test True")
EndIf

Now I have a window called "XXX (bla)".

Why does the test work?

If I use

If WinExistsExact("XXX (bla)") Then

it does not return true...

(The goal is having a function that allows to directly check the *exact* window title)

[saywell]

Should be

Opt("WinTitleMatchMode", 3)

for exact match.

William

Edited April 11, 2011 by saywell

[mro2]

AFAIK that is the same thing as my

AutoItSetOption( "WinTitleMatchMode", $OPT_MATCHEXACT )

The debug output that you see in my example indicates so too.

Can you try with a space in the Window's title name? The culprit must be somewhere.

[saywell]

According to the helpfile, WinTitlematch mode takes a numeric parameter.

WinTitleMatchMode

Alters the method that is used to match window titles during search operations.

1 = Match the title from the start (default)

2 = Match any substring in the title

3 = Exact title match

4 = Advanced mode, see Window Titles & Text (Advanced)

-1 to -4 = force lower case match according to other type of match.

from the examples:

Opt("WinTitleMatchMode", 1)     ;1=start, 2=subStr, 3=exact, 4=advanced, -1 to -4=Nocase

William

[mro2]

I use the symbolic names

#include <Constants.au3>:

; Alters the method that is used to match window titles
Global Const $OPT_MATCHSTART    = 1 ; Match the title from the start (default)
Global Const $OPT_MATCHANY      = 2 ; Match any substring in the title
Global Const $OPT_MATCHEXACT    = 3 ; Match the title exactly
Global Const $OPT_MATCHADVANCED = 4 ; Use advanced window matching (deprecated)

The option is set correctly as the MsgBox output in the code shows.

Edited April 11, 2011 by mro2

[saywell]

Your function returns $res, which should equal unity for a match.

Where do you test this.

If WinExistsExact("XXX") Then
    MsgBox(0, "aaa", "Test True")
EndIf

should perhaps be

$test=  WinExistsExact("XXX") 
If $test = 1 Then
    MsgBox(0, "aaa", "Test True")
EndIf

William

[mro2]

The output of MsgBox(0, "res", $res) inside WinExistsExact is already 1 when it should not be --

i.e. when I have a window title called "XXX (abc)" but when I use WinExistsExact("XXX"), MsgBox(0, "res", $res) says 1 whereas it should say 0.

[saywell]

Why complicate the script with these nested msgbox statements?

The last bit, that calls the function, is able to display the result.

This works for me - I have a window with full title of "Novell GroupWise - Mailbox" open at the moment

#include <Constants.au3>

$title = "Novell GroupWise - Mailbox"
$title2 = "Novell GroupWise "
$text=""

$fullTest = WinExistsExact($title, $text)
$partTest = WinExistsExact($title2, $text)

Func WinExistsExact($title, $text)
    AutoItSetOption( "WinTitleMatchMode", $OPT_MATCHEXACT )
    $res = WinExists($title, $text)
    AutoItSetOption( "WinTitleMatchMode", $OPT_MATCHSTART )
    MsgBox(0, "res", $res)
    Return $res
EndFunc

If $fullTest = 1 Then
    MsgBox(0, "Full", "Test True")
Else 
    MsgBox(0, "Full", "Test False") 
EndIf

If $partTest = 1 Then
    MsgBox(0, "Partial", "Test True")
Else 
    MsgBox(0, "Partial", "Test False")
EndIf

William

[mro2]

This works here too for a similar example.

However, I bet that if you have a title containing parentheses and used

$title = "Novell GroupWise ( Mailbox"
$title2 = "Novell GroupWise"

then it would return True twice.

Must be the parentheses then.

[saywell]

I made a text doc called abc (.txt

and opened it in notepad.

Testing against

$title = "abc (.txt - Notepad"
$title2 = "abc (.txt"

worked as expected - full match = 1, partial = 0

So there must be something wrong elsewhere in your script.

I'd suggest consolewrites or simple message boxes at various steps along the way to see what's going on.

William

[mro2]

Could you also try that with

$title = "abc"

i.e. trying a full match with a partial string plz

Edited April 11, 2011 by mro2

[saywell]

As expected, partial string fails to make a full match - but you could have discovered that for yourself...

William

[mro2]

Ok... but I swear that with an inhouse app the *full* match returns true even if I only match the beginning of the string, i.e. the window title is

"aaa (abc)            XXX (def)"

then a full match using "aaa" also works (return true / activates the window / whatever).

That is indeed not the case if I try with Notepad...

You will say "must be the app then".

Ok, but what exactly? Strange characters in the title maybe?

Edited April 12, 2011 by mro2

[saywell]

What does the autoit window info tool make of the title?

William

[mro2]

What does the autoit window info tool make of the title?

The actual window that I want to use is shown correctly (the long string) and even when I use

Opt( "WinTitleMatchMode", 3 )
WinActivate("short_string")

even though it does not *exactly* match "short_string" but "short_string (with more stuff)"