Hiding the window as quick, as possible

[supraspecies]

I am currently hiding a configuration interface of a program as I don't want to have users changing the settings I have pre-set. Launching the program with @sw_hide doesn't do the trick, so I have to hide the window after it appears. I know I can use WinSetState, but it flashes the window for a brief second before it hides it, which I don't like (yes, I'm picky).

I found another way of hiding a window, which works considerably faster. And that is:

WinMove('Configuration Utility v1.1.38.0', '', @DesktopWidth, 10)

However, my question is - how reliable is this? From what I gather, this moves the window 10 pixels away from the edge of the screen. Alright. But what if the user has multiple screens? Will configuration window pop up on the second screen? So if this code isn't very reliable, can someone correct it accordingly? Or maybe it's better to use @DesktopHeight?

 

Thank you.

[TLM]

I am currently hiding a configuration interface of a program as I don't want to have users changing the settings I have pre-set. Launching the program with @sw_hide doesn't do the trick, so I have to hide the window after it appears. I know I can use WinSetState, but it flashes the window for a brief second before it hides it, which I don't like (yes, I'm picky).

I found another way of hiding a window, which works considerably faster. And that is:

WinMove('Configuration Utility v1.1.38.0', '', @DesktopWidth, 10)

However, my question is - how reliable is this? From what I gather, this moves the window 10 pixels away from the edge of the screen. Alright. But what if the user has multiple screens? Will configuration window pop up on the second screen? So if this code isn't very reliable, can someone correct it accordingly? Or maybe it's better to use @DesktopHeight?

 

Thank you.

You can change transparent value to zero then the window will hide

WinSetTrans("Configuration Utility v1.1.38.0", "", 0)

[Melba23]

TLM,

When you reply, please use the "Reply to this topic" button at the top of the thread or the "Reply to this topic" editor at the bottom rather than the "Quote" button - we know what we wrote and it just pads the thread unnecessarily.

And I am not picking on you - just letting you know how the forum works. Nice to see you posting and helping - keep it up.

M23

 

[TLM]

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Thank you ! i am new for this.

Edited September 26, 2015 by Melba23
Quote removed - again!

[jguinch]

WinSetTrans seems to be a good way

To answer to the OP, you have to retrieve the desktop size and position, and the move the window out of these coords.

This can be done like this (for example) :

#include <WinAPI.au3>

Local $hDesktop = _WinAPI_GetDesktopWindow()
$aDesktopPos = WinGetPos($hDesktop)

WinMove('Configuration Utility v1.1.38.0', '', $aDesktopPos[0] + $aDesktopPos[2] + 20, $aDesktopPos[1] + $aDesktopPos[3] + 20)

 

[Danyfirex]

Another option could be to use egisterShellHookWindow to detect WINDOWCREATED event and if match with your window hide. So in all this cases there is always  a flicking.

 

Saludos

[supraspecies]

Thank you for all the replies, I'm considering all options before marking the topic as solved. Found something interesting. Using this:

Opt('WinWaitDelay', 10)
<my code>
Opt('WinWaitDelay', 250)

makes window go away much faster. Now it is almost completely unnoticeable. For some reason it doesn't work with WinSetState though.

Edited September 26, 2015 by supraspecies

[jguinch]

It should work with WinSetState. Can you show your code ?

Edited September 26, 2015 by jguinch

[supraspecies]

Already corrected mistake in the code due to which it wasn't working. I was mostly looking for a way to hide the window faster for aesthetic reasons. Doesn't appear there is one (reducing WinWaitDelay isn't too reliable). Will have to settle for what I've got and just use traditional WinSetState.