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Hi Everyone,

 

I have been using a script at work for the last 6 months or so. It gets some information from the window title and keeps it in its memory for retrieval. 

 

currently I am running an infinite loop to look for the window title, the information in the memory is only updated if a few window title is detected.

 

The trouble with this approach as you can see, is the cpu usage. I was wondering if somehow I can only run this script when a windows change event occurs, otherwise the script stays dormant.

 

I have no idea how to do that, searched on forum and found some solutions that were years old and did not work for me.

 

Thanks

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rm65453,

Do you have a Sleep in this infinite loop? Even a Sleep(10) gives the CPU enough time to breathe.  I have several AutoIt executables running permanently without any problems.

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sorry about the late reply, did not set up email alerts for this thread.

 

Just tried the sleep (10) and the cpu usage is down to 1%, what a huge improvement with such a simple solution. Brilliant!!

 

Thanks Melba23

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