How to list titles or handles of all open windows

[keith80403]

Suppose that I want to activate a window but don't know its exact name. Is there a way to loop though and get the window titles so that I can do a string match against the list, and decide which one to activate? I used to do this operation with WinBatch but would like to use AutoIt V3. Thanks!

[BigDod]

Suppose that I want to activate a window but don't know its exact name. Is there a way to loop though and get the window titles so that I can do a string match against the list, and decide which one to activate? I used to do this operation with WinBatch but would like to use AutoIt V3. Thanks!

ProcessList

; List all processes
$list = ProcessList()
for $i = 1 to $list[0][0]
  msgbox(0, $list[$i][0], $list[$i][0])
next

Edited November 1, 2005 by BigDod

[themax90]

I created a ProcessList logger for this reason Here it is

$output = "ProcessList.txt"
$array = ProcessList()
$a = 0
While $a <> $array[0][0] + 1
     FileWriteLine($output, $array[$a][0] & " " & $array[$a][1])
    $a = $a + 1
WEnd
MsgBox(0, "Done", "All processes listed and logged in file : " & $output)

P.S. Did you get the ProcessList gen idea out of one of my scripts BigDod? I've had it for a long time hehe

Edited November 1, 2005 by AutoIt Smith

[BigDod]

I created a ProcessList logger for this reason Here it is

$output = "ProcessList.txt"
$array = ProcessList()
$a = 0
While $a <> $array[0][0] + 1
     FileWriteLine($output, $array[$a][0] & " " & $array[$a][1])
    $a = $a + 1
WEnd
MsgBox(0, "Done", "All processes listed and logged in file : " & $output)

P.S. Did you get the ProcessList gen idea out of one of my scripts BigDod? I've had it for a long time hehe

No, I found it in the help files. First place I look.

[LxP]

Welcome to the forums Keith!

Are you aware that AutoIt does not require the full title of windows in order to manipulate them? Depending on a customisable setting, AutoIt can find windows beginning with a certain string and containing a certain string in addition to exact title matching.

Using WinTitleMatchMode 4 you can also match the active window and you can also identify windows by 'class name' (which can be determined on a per-window basis using the AutoIt Window Info tool).

Please refer to Help > Using AutoIt > Window Titles and Text if this is what you're after.

Edited November 2, 2005 by LxP

[masvil]

I created a ProcessList logger for this reason Here it is

Is there a way to log every new process? I mean to check every x milliseconds.

[SmOke_N]

The get window names by process has been around for close to 2 years on here I use that one when I want to work with a specific application, but If I just want all windows I use WinList()... you could stick it in a function and call it with AdlibEnable().

;AdlibEnable('GetWindows', 500); checks function ever 500 milliseconds... 250 is default

;#include <Array.au3>
;Local $Test = StringSplit(GetWindows(1), Chr(01))
;_ArrayDisplay($Test, 'array')

Local $Timer = TimerInit()
While 1
    If TimerDiff($Timer) / 1000 >= .5 Then
        MsgBox(0, "", GetWindows())
        $Timer = TimerInit(); start timer over
    EndIf
    Sleep(100)
WEnd

Func GetWindows($ChangeToArray = '0'); call it with a 1 if you want an array
    Local $List = WinList()
    Local $ReturnWindows
    Local $Seperator
    If $ChangeToArray = 0 Then
        $Seperator = @LF
    Else
        $Seperator = Chr(01)
    EndIf
    For $i = 1 to $List[0][0]
        If BitAND(WinGetState($List[$i][1]), 2) And $List[$i][0] <> '' Then $ReturnWindows = $ReturnWindows & $List[$i][0] & $Seperator
    Next
    If $ChangeToArray = 0 Then
        Return StringTrimRight($ReturnWindows, 1); just to show you how it works
    Else
        Return StringTrimRight($ReturnWindows, 1);<< Return it as an array
    EndIf
EndFunc

Commented a few different options, But you should get the general idea Edited January 14, 2006 by SmOke_N