Kill popups

[nicko79]

Hello All,

Thanks for the help in advance.  I have never used Auto It before so am trying to throw a script together for the first time.  I really have no true idea how the While 1 and Wend statements work so they are probably a mess.  Essentially I want 1 script to constantly look for Windows with certain titles.  If any of those titles pop up I want it to kill the window.

I got it to work with 1 window but cannot figure out how to make it constantly search for a bunch of different windows.  I may want it to look for 10 different window titles and then start over  Here is my example:

 

HotKeySet("{ESC}", "_Terminate")

Popups()

Func Popups()
   While 1
     If WinActive("[Title:Example 1]") Then
        WinKill ("[Title:Example 1]")
        EndIf
     
   While 1
     If WinActive("[Title:Example 2]") Then
        WinKill ("[Title:Example 2]")
      EndIf
     
    Sleep(10000)
 WEnd

EndFunc   ;==>Popups

Func _Terminate()
    Exit
EndFunc   ;==>_Terminate
 

[JLogan3o13]

Hi, @nicko79 welcome to the forum. In essence, While 1 is the same as saying While 1 = 1; it just creates a continual loop that goes on forever until you break out of it. As regards the code inside your While loop, I would try something like this:

Func Popups()
   While 1
     If WinActive("[Title:Example 1]") Then 
        WinKill ("[Title:Example 1]")
     ElseIf WinActive("[Title:Example 2]") Then
        WinKill ("[Title:Example 2]")
     EndIf
     
     Sleep(100)
    WEnd
EndFunc   ;==>Popups

Notice the much smaller Sleep period. All you're doing is trying to give the CPU a chance to breathe; no need to put in a long sleep session. You might also look at WinClose over WinKill, to see if you can get by with the more graceful function.

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask.

Edited May 19, 2016 by JLogan3o13

[nicko79]

Works perfectly.  Thank you.

[JLogan3o13]

Glad to help