Differentiate between 2 windows with same name/title

[sumitd]

How do i  differentiate between 2 windows with same name/title ?

Though both have same name but content and processing fields is different.

And 1 of the window may not appear all the time while the script executes.

Tried with WinWaitActive ( "<title>" , " " , 1000 ), but not able to differentiate.

Any suggestions?

[FireFox]

Hi,

Each window has a handle which is unique, you can do a WinList with a title then keep the handles when you have differentiated the windows.

Br, FireFox.

[spudw2k]

Perhaps WinGetText or WinGetClassList may be of use.

[Gianni]

hi sumitd

have you tryed to use the second parameter of the WinWaitActive() function?,
it is used to search a text inside the windows body instead of only the title

bye

[sumitd]

hi Prodigy,

I tried with the text option in WinWaitActive() function, but it doesn't seem to differentiate.

FireFox,

how do I use WinList and the handle to differentiate between windows? (In my case 1 of the window may not appear all the time)

[FireFox]

I don't know what you mean by "not appear", if this mean hidden then try this :

Local $aWl = WinList("mytitle")
If $aWl[0][0] = 0 Then Exit 1

Local $hWndNotAlwaysVisible = 0

While 1
    For $i = 1 To $aWl[0][0]
        If IsVisible($aWl[$i][1]) = 0 Then
            $hWndNotAlwaysVisible = $aWl[$i][1]
            ExitLoop 2
        EndIf
    Next
    Sleep(10)
WEnd

WinSetState($hWndNotAlwaysVisible, "", @SW_SHOW)

Func IsVisible($hWnd)
    If BitAND(WinGetState($hWnd), 2) Then Return 1
    Return 0
EndFunc   ;==>IsVisible

Br, FireFox. Edited August 6, 2013 by FireFox

[adom]

If it is possible use a hidden label and search for this text in a loop of Winlist.

Then get hwnd of the win you want to identify.

Greetings

Adom

[sumitd]

Firefox,

The window is not hidden. What I meant was that the windows are a part of installation process and both window pop out if only a previous installation is detected,

else only 1 of the window appears in the installation process.

~sumitd

[FireFox]

hm. The only way for you to differentiate them is to read their text using the ControlGetText function (use the Au3Info tool for that).

Br, FireFox.

[spudw2k]

What am I, chopped liver? 

Perhaps WinGetText or WinGetClassList may be of use.

 

Have you looked at those functions yet?