JohnNash Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 (edited) I want to rename every new instance of notepad to notepad(random number) If I use WinSetTitle ( "notepad", "", "notepad("&$randomnumber&")" ) this will work pretty good, because if more windows match the search entry it will take the newest. But what if this code runs, but there is no new instance of notepad. It will rename one that was already assigned a number. So I would like to check whether it is already renamed. For example by excluding titles that contain a ")". How do I do that. Read this, but that is pretty confusing: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/406230/regular-expression-to-match-line-that-doesnt-contain-a-word?rq=1 Edited January 13, 2017 by JohnNash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrewManNH Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 Notepad's title changes when ever it opens a file anyways, so why exactly do you want to randomly rename it? If I posted any code, assume that code was written using the latest release version unless stated otherwise. Also, if it doesn't work on XP I can't help with that because I don't have access to XP, and I'm not going to.Give a programmer the correct code and he can do his work for a day. Teach a programmer to debug and he can do his work for a lifetime - by Chirag GudeHow to ask questions the smart way! I hereby grant any person the right to use any code I post, that I am the original author of, on the autoitscript.com forums, unless I've specifically stated otherwise in the code or the thread post. If you do use my code all I ask, as a courtesy, is to make note of where you got it from. Back up and restore Windows user files _Array.au3 - Modified array functions that include support for 2D arrays. - ColorChooser - An add-on for SciTE that pops up a color dialog so you can select and paste a color code into a script. - Customizable Splashscreen GUI w/Progress Bar - Create a custom "splash screen" GUI with a progress bar and custom label. - _FileGetProperty - Retrieve the properties of a file - SciTE Toolbar - A toolbar demo for use with the SciTE editor - GUIRegisterMsg demo - Demo script to show how to use the Windows messages to interact with controls and your GUI. - Latin Square password generator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikell Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 Reasons are sometimes cryptic This (untested) should work for "etc notepad etc" but not "etc notepad( etc" (excludes opening parenthesis) WinSetTitle("[REGEXPTITLE:(?i).*notepad(?!\().*]", "", "notepad("&$randomnumber&")" ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnNash Posted January 14, 2017 Author Share Posted January 14, 2017 6 hours ago, BrewManNH said: Notepad's title changes when ever it opens a file anyways, so why exactly do you want to randomly rename it? Spoiler its actually porn 5 hours ago, mikell said: Reasons are sometimes cryptic This (untested) should work for "etc notepad etc" but not "etc notepad( etc" (excludes opening parenthesis) WinSetTitle("[REGEXPTITLE:(?i).*notepad(?!\().*]", "", "notepad("&$randomnumber&")" ) Thank you very much, works like a charm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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