jvds Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 Hi I'm trying to show and hide a Gui but if another application is open, it gets interrupted, mini zed and the GUI of my app is shown, is there a way to show hide the GUI without interrupting another application that is active? the code i was using to show hide GUI:gui: GUISetState (@SW_SHOW, $handle ) GUISetState (@SW_HIDE , $handle ) i also tried @SW_SHOWMINNOACTIVE instead of @SW_SHOW but it does not work, or i'm using it wrong =/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnOne Posted August 3, 2014 Share Posted August 3, 2014 "it gets interrupted" Explain. AutoIt Absolute Beginners Require a serial Pause Script Video Tutorials by Morthawt ipify Monkey's are, like, natures humans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrewManNH Posted August 3, 2014 Share Posted August 3, 2014 How are you getting the handle of the window? If I posted any code, assume that code was written using the latest release version unless stated otherwise. Also, if it doesn't work on XP I can't help with that because I don't have access to XP, and I'm not going to.Give a programmer the correct code and he can do his work for a day. Teach a programmer to debug and he can do his work for a lifetime - by Chirag GudeHow to ask questions the smart way! I hereby grant any person the right to use any code I post, that I am the original author of, on the autoitscript.com forums, unless I've specifically stated otherwise in the code or the thread post. If you do use my code all I ask, as a courtesy, is to make note of where you got it from. Back up and restore Windows user files _Array.au3 - Modified array functions that include support for 2D arrays. - ColorChooser - An add-on for SciTE that pops up a color dialog so you can select and paste a color code into a script. - Customizable Splashscreen GUI w/Progress Bar - Create a custom "splash screen" GUI with a progress bar and custom label. - _FileGetProperty - Retrieve the properties of a file - SciTE Toolbar - A toolbar demo for use with the SciTE editor - GUIRegisterMsg demo - Demo script to show how to use the Windows messages to interact with controls and your GUI. - Latin Square password generator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvds Posted August 3, 2014 Author Share Posted August 3, 2014 (edited) sorry for not being clear, if I have a window active, like word, exel, anything, then the script that run in the background with a hidden GUI, gets an msg and need to show me the msg, then it does the following _WinAPI_FlashWindowEx ( $handle ,2, 20) If $GUIState = 0 Then $GUIState = 1 GUISetState ( @SW_SHOW, $handle ) GUISetState ( @SW_SHOWMINNOACTIVE , $handle ) EndIf so what happens is the GUI of the background script get shown, and takes the focus of the window i'm working on away to the background script's GUI =/ What i want it to do instead is show the GUI and minimize it, or show it minimized directly, without taking the focus away from the current active window, whenever its is word firefox or any other app, the following line, GUISetState ( @SW_SHOWMINNOACTIVE , $handle ) does not work because the GUI is hidden and it seems that the GUI needs to be visible before it can minimize, and GUISetState ( @SW_SHOW, $handle ) take the focus away of current active window and I need an alternative for this one to show the GUI without activating the focus on it Edited August 3, 2014 by jvds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j0kky Posted August 3, 2014 Share Posted August 3, 2014 (edited) You can retrieve the current active window handle with: _WinAPI_GetForegroundWindow And the control with focus thanks to: ControlGetFocus when you processing the message, before showing the background app, you have to save those datas and when you have shown the hide app you can give back the focus to the original control with: ControlFocus Edited August 3, 2014 by j0kky Spoiler Some UDFs I created: Winsock UDF STUN UDF WinApi_GetAdaptersAddresses _WinApi_GetLogicalProcessorInformation Bitwise with 64 bit integers An useful collection of zipping file UDFs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Developers Jos Posted August 3, 2014 Developers Share Posted August 3, 2014 You can retrieve the current active window handle with: _WinAPI_GetForegroundWindow WinGetHandle("") should also do that. Jos SciTE4AutoIt3 Full installer Download page - Beta files Read before posting How to post scriptsource Forum etiquette Forum Rules Live for the present, Dream of the future, Learn from the past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j0kky Posted August 3, 2014 Share Posted August 3, 2014 (edited) @Jos: what do you set as "title" param if you don't know which is the current active window? EDIT: sorry, I've not read the "" Edited August 3, 2014 by j0kky Spoiler Some UDFs I created: Winsock UDF STUN UDF WinApi_GetAdaptersAddresses _WinApi_GetLogicalProcessorInformation Bitwise with 64 bit integers An useful collection of zipping file UDFs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Developers Jos Posted August 3, 2014 Developers Share Posted August 3, 2014 (edited) @Jos: what do you set as "title" param if you don't know which is the current active window? Have you tried it using exactly the same as I posted? Edited August 3, 2014 by Jos SciTE4AutoIt3 Full installer Download page - Beta files Read before posting How to post scriptsource Forum etiquette Forum Rules Live for the present, Dream of the future, Learn from the past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j0kky Posted August 3, 2014 Share Posted August 3, 2014 (edited) I've tried it and it shows exatly the same handle it should be added to its reference! Edited August 3, 2014 by j0kky Spoiler Some UDFs I created: Winsock UDF STUN UDF WinApi_GetAdaptersAddresses _WinApi_GetLogicalProcessorInformation Bitwise with 64 bit integers An useful collection of zipping file UDFs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Developers Jos Posted August 3, 2014 Developers Share Posted August 3, 2014 I've tried it and it shows exatly the same handle it should be added to its reference! You could also use WinGetHandle("[ACTIVE]") which is maybe a little more "logical". Jos SciTE4AutoIt3 Full installer Download page - Beta files Read before posting How to post scriptsource Forum etiquette Forum Rules Live for the present, Dream of the future, Learn from the past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvds Posted August 4, 2014 Author Share Posted August 4, 2014 thanks, I will try tomorrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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