Noobie help

[cstangor]

OK, sorry, I'm sure this is all in the guides somewhere, but could someone please point me to a snippet that would

Run in the background and then: 

When a key combination is pressed (say CTRL-y) locate a minimized window and maximize it. 

Thanks in advance, and sorry for being lame.

CS

[JLogan3o13]

cstangor, welcome to the forum. Please realize we are here to assist you with your scripts, but follow the "teach a man to fish" methodology. For your request:

• Look in the helpfile under HotKeySet for catching keys (or _IsPressed for a single key)
• Look in the helpfile under WinActivate for locating and maximizing your window.

 

Try something out, if you run into trouble, post your code here and we'll do our best to help.

Edited December 18, 2014 by JLogan3o13

[computergroove]

WinGetState -> https://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/docs/functions/WinGetState.htm

WinSetState -> https://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/docs/functions/WinSetState.htm

Use a while 1 loop and hotkeyset:

HotKeySet("{F2}","MaximizeWindow")

While 1
     Sleep(100)
WEnd

Func MaximizeWindow()
     ;Your code here
WEnd

Hit F2 to search for a minimized window and change its state to something else

[JLogan3o13]

follow the "teach a man to fish" methodology.

 

Or we spoon feed it to you so you never learn anything...

[cstangor]

Thanks you guys!  Super helpful. I'm on my way!

I'm having another problem which is that when I run AutoIT Window Info it says that it is (Frozen) and no window information is appearing.

Thanks

[Radiance]

[computergroove]

Or we spoon feed it to you so you never learn anything...

There is teaching to fish and then there's "make no visible progress so I give up". I didn't tell him everything. Now he only needs to make the functions work which is where the real meat of autoit is. I think that if there were any real money to be made with Autoit I would never help anyone with anything. I feel good about sharing what I know and expanding this free community.

[cstangor]

OK, missed that "freeze" in the dropdown.  Got it going now.  My windows are flying open.

Not really a spoonfeed but you did save me some time    .

I should have realized to search in Google not locally!

Thanks everyone and happy holidays!

 

;HotKeySet("{F2}","MaximizeDOM")

HotKeySet("^a","MaximizeDOM")

HotKeySet("^b","MaximizeControlCenter")

 

; Set the Escape hotkey to terminate the script.

HotKeySet("{ESC}", "_Terminate")

 

While 1

     Sleep(100)

WEnd

 

Func MaximizeDOM()

WinActivate("Sim101")

EndFunc   

 

Func MaximizeControlCenter()

WinActivate("Control Center - Small")

EndFunc   

 

Func _Terminate()

    MsgBox(4096, "", "BYE!")

    Exit

EndFunc   ;==>_Terminate