Read Win is still running

[px]

Hi Everyone

I am running a simulation program that will generate a window. This window constantly generate output lines that give the timestep of the simulation is at. Once the simulation end, no more output line will be generated. Hence, at this point I would like to identify this window has stop generating output line and I would like to close this window. Is there a way to identify it ? Thank you in advanced. This has been bothering me for the past few days. Thank you.

 

PX

[water]

Welcome to AutoIt and the forum!

The answer is: It depends.
Have you tried the AutoIt Window Info Tool to get information about this window?
Can you post the AutoIt code you have tried so far?

[px]

Hi Water

I do not have any code related to this part. I attempted using WinActive, but it was not suitable for this purpose. Thank you and looking forward for your advice.

The second pictures show that my simulation has terminated and I wish to identify it automatically using AutoIT

PX

 

 

Edited June 8, 2015 by px

[water]

As this is a console application you could grab the output from StdOut and wait until the "Press any key" message appears and send a keypress to the application or window.

BTW: As I see "ahk_class" in your screenshot, do you want to code in AutoHotKey (AHK) or AutoIt?

[px]

Hi Water

I am using AutoIT. When I am using AutoIt Window Info , it crashes sometime, hence I used Windowspy from Autohotkey at times.

I see that to grab output using Stdout, most example show codes as below. However, in my window, the black screen : "C:\Program Files\ANSYS Inc\v140\CommonFiles\TCL\bin\intel\wish.exe", is not open using "Run" command, hence I cannot assign "Local $foo" to using in "StdoutRead"m to reads its content.

 

This Window is generated when I start my simulation job. I am not sure which function in AutoIt is able to read it. Do you have any advice for me again ??

 

Thank you for the help

PX

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Local $foo = Run(@ComSpec & " /c dir foo.bar", @SystemDir, @SW_HIDE, $STDERR_CHILD + $STDOUT_CHILD)
Local $line
While 1
$line = StdoutRead($foo)

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[water]

I tried the following script to connect to an already running DOS window, but was not successful:

#include <StringConstants.au3>
Global $sTitle = "C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe"
If WinExists($sTitle) Then
    ConsoleWrite("Exists!" & @CRLF)
    $iPID = WinGetProcess($sTitle)
    ConsoleWrite($iPID & @CRLF)
    While 1
        $sLine = StdoutRead($iPID)
        If @error Then
            MsgBox(0, "Error", @error)
            ExitLoop
        EndIf
        If StringStripWS($sLine, BitOR($STR_STRIPLEADING, $STR_STRIPTRAILING)) <> "" Then ConsoleWrite($sLine & @CRLF)
        Sleep(10)
    WEnd
EndIf

Plus I haven't found anything on the forum how to connect to the output stream of an already running application.
Couldn't you start the application in your script using "Run"?