WinSetState(title,text,@SW_MINIMIZE) not sending program to tray

[Sunblood]

I'm using a program that will automatically hide itself and create a tray icon when it is minimized. However, the AutoIt way of minimization does not seem to activate this function for the program - it simply minimizes down to the task bar like any normal program would do.

Outside of directly sending keystrokes, how can I emulate an actual "minimize" button press for this program? ControlSend (and similar Control functions) are acceptable.

EDIT: More info:

The program is MME Audio Repeater from Virtual Audio Cable, for anyone wondering.

I can't just @SW_HIDE the program as it only creates the tray icon if it's minimized properly

Edited April 4, 2013 by Sunblood

[MuchTex]

I'm not 100% sure what you are asking.

If you are just trying to minimize your AutoIt GUI then:

GUISetState(@SW_MINIMIZE)

If you are trying to minimize a different GUI then try using the AutoIt Window Info to get the exact title.

[PhoenixXL]

When you press the Minimize button a trayicon is created but when you set the state of the program using WinSetState( $sTitle, $sText, @SW_MINIMIZE ) you don't get the trayicon.

If yes, then something under the hood is going on. You could just simulate the Clicking process on the Minimize button, I guess

[Sunblood]

When you press the Minimize button a trayicon is created but when you set the state of the program using WinSetState( $sTitle, $sText, @SW_MINIMIZE ) you don't get the trayicon.

If yes, then something under the hood is going on. You could just simulate the Clicking process on the Minimize button, I guess

Yeah that's the exact problem.

I could do it with mouseclicks but I'm looking for something more elegant to be able to automate the process without taking the active window.

[PhoenixXL]

So is it the real minimize button like we have in a normal GUICreate or does it look somewhat other than that ?

[Sunblood]

I'll attach a picture of the program.

I want to emphasize this is NOT an AutoIt created GUI, it is an external program not made by me.

[PhoenixXL]

The NC Area doesn't seems to be of WindowsAPI, its user drawn control which is used to set the state of the window.

Have you tried Autoit Window Info Tool over that minimize button ?

[Rickname]

You didn't explain well to understand what you want to do. Do you want to get your GUI minimized because the program is not getting minimized when you're running this code ?:

Opt("WinTitleMatchMode", 2)
WinSetState("Audio Repeater","",@SW_MINIMIZE)

Edited April 6, 2013 by Rickname