WinGetHandle parameter problem

[kcvinu]

Hi there,

I am trying to make a window focusing script. I have so many windows opened in my taskbar. But among these, i need to toggle focus of only two purticular windows. So i planned to make script.  Title of the first window is in english and it is a constant title. But title of the second window is in my native language + english. And it will change time to time. That means i need to open more than one file in that window. So i need to find the handle of window2 each time my script runs. But wingethandle function takes a title parameter. Unfortunately title of that window is in my native language + English. AutoIt can't display my language correctly. It will show some ????? for my native language text. Please help. How to fix this.

[Valuater]

$Window = RUN(Program name)... returns the PID of the program

$Window = _IECreate() ... returns the object

 

maybe one of these can help

8)

[TouchOdeath]

Opt("WinTitleMatchMode", 2)

you can search for a string within the title of the window.

[kcvinu]

Hi,

Thanks. Let me try. 

[guinness]

Or use the PID and then the likes of _WinAPI_EnumProcessWindows().

[kcvinu]

Hi 

TouchOdeath,

WinTitleMatchMode gives me "1". I need either window handle or classname

[kcvinu]

Hi guinness,

How to find the PID of a program. Any built in function ?

[guinness]

ProcessExists()?

[TouchOdeath]

tools > au3info. Once you open au3info, you have two tabs basically, window tab, and control tab. It will tell you all the handles, classnames, etc. In this case you need the window tab. Use au3info in conjunction with wingethandle, winwait, winwaitactive, there are more as well.

Use those in conjunction with wintitlematchmode, which specifies how you want to search for the window.

if you want the pid, you can just do $pid = winwait('sometitle','') or $pid = wingethandle, $pid = winwairactive, etc.

If the above doesn't help, then I suggest you learn how to properly read the help files that come with autoit, they are structured in a way that even a beginner can easily understand them.

[guinness]

Are you sure the likes of WinWait return a process identifier aka PID?

[kcvinu]

Hi,

Thank you guinnes & TouchODeath. Let me try your ideas.

[guinness]

  On 1/11/2015 at 6:26 PM, kcvinu said:

Hi,

Thank you guinnes & TouchODeath. Let me try your ideas.

OK, but just so you know WinWait(), WinGetHandle() (as mentioned above) don't return a PID, WinGetProcess() does though.

[kcvinu]

Hi 

TouchOdeath

Solved. Actually i didn't knew about what is the WinTitleMatchMode. A few minutes ago, i have read about it. And now i understood how to do this. It's working now. Thanks a lot.

[TouchOdeath]

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Are you sure the likes of WinWait return a process identifier aka PID? 

 

Returns window handle.  I was replying using my phone so I was just saying from memory, my mistake.  Glad we could help kcvinu.