WinSetState ... and can not minimize any longer !!!

[fatboy123]

Hello to all everyone,

I'm very new, first post, no knowledge of AutoIt whatsoever and would really appreciate some help, I have a CCTV software which I need to have maximized at all times, all I'm trying to do is to check if the program is running or not and if it is then maximize it, I'm reading a lot and trying to copy and paste different codes from here and there.

First step, I have my program minimized (does not show on the taskbar, it just shows it's little icon near the clock in the system tray) I can double click it and minimize it no problems.

I finely found this line which works perfectly, when I run it, it will maximize the application just fine, however, now I can not minimize it any longer, it just can be closed, can anyone please tell me what I'm doing wrong? I tried all the possible flags and although most work at restoring the window, but all disable minimizing.

WinSetState("IVMS-4000", "", @SW_MAXIMIZE)

I thank you all in advance.

Mohd.

[JohnOne]

Does that work?

WinSetState("IVMS-4000", "", @SW_MAXIMIZE)

Sleep(1000)

WinSetState("IVMS-4000", "", @SW_MINIMIZE)

[BrewManNH]

Are you running that command in a loop in the background? If you are, that is the reason why it keeps maximizing, because you're telling it to.

[fatboy123]

Thank you so much for your answer, no it did not work however I found a workaround which does the job.

If you could just spare a minute to go over my code and see if there is anything wrong with it, it is working beautifully at the moment.

The purpose of the script is to launch 2 apps and click a button to make it full-screen, here is the code:

If ProcessExists("netappsoft.exe") Then
ProcessClose("netappsoft.exe")
EndIf

If ProcessExists("dblclick.exe") Then
ProcessClose("dblclick.exe")
EndIf
Sleep(1000)

RefreshTray()
Func RefreshTray()
    $speed = 5
    $original = MouseGetPos()
    MouseMove (10,10)
    MouseMove (10,@DesktopHeight - 10, $speed)
    MouseMove (@DesktopWidth - 10,@DesktopHeight - 10, $speed)
    MouseMove (@DesktopWidth - 10,10, $speed)
    MouseMove (10,10, $speed)
    MouseMove ($original[0],$original[1])
EndFunc

Run("C:\Program Files\iVMS-4000(v2.0)\NetAppSoft.exe", "")
Run("D:\My Files\Downloads\Double click simulator\dblclick.exe", "")
Sleep (5000)

MouseClick("left",1077,895,1)

Is there a way so that I can include lines in the code to run only if it is Sunday, Monday or Tuesday Between 9 am to 1 pm and 4 pm to 10 pm?

Again I really appreciate your answers, I don't need a lot of your times, just to point me in the right direction with some function names to study.

Mohd.

[fatboy123]

P.S I know I can use task scheduler, however what will happen if computer crashes and restarts at 11 am?

If I could code the schedule inside the script, then I could just put the script in the start-up folder and that's it.

Thanks again.

[JohnOne]

You could take a look at _date_time* functions and use them to conditionally run your function.

pseudo

while 1

sleep

if _date_time* function = whatever then

myfunc()

wend

[somdcomputerguy]

Ya, take a look at the time and date macros for scheduling. Also, why not just use the MouseClick() function instead of Run() that dblclick.exe program?

[fatboy123]

Got the whole thing sorted out, thank you to all for your unparallelled support.

P.S the dblclick.exe is just a program for my old dad who has trouble double clicking the mouse so that program just simulates a double click if he presses the middle button.

Thanks again.

Mohd.

[somdcomputerguy]

..that program just simulates a double click if he presses the middle button.

.. just use the MouseClick() function..

and the _IsPressed() function. Your coding expertise will increase, and you will get a warm fuzzy..