WinGetTitle struggling with new Spotify class

[kwithnail]

Hi all,

Fairly ignorant AutoIt beginner here, wondering if somebody could give me a little help with a script.

I wrote the below to stop my screensaver running whilst Spotify was playing - it used the method that the word "Spotify" disappears from the window title when it is playing.

All worked well until Spotify (which endlessly updates itself, without seemingly adding a jot of functionality or requested features) suddenly changed its window class from "Spotify" to "Chrome_WidgetWin_0". But substituting these, even trying a trick I was recommended of using "REGEXPCLASS" not "CLASS" to help with illegal characters, the script no longer works.

I've tried it on other windows and it has no problem with WinGetTitle, so I feel like my (probably inefficient) syntax isn't mostly to blame. But nothing seems to shift it, the result of "WinGetTitle is just blank!

I've attached the AutoIt Window Info tool to show what I get from Spotify (when paused). 

Can anyone help? 

Opt("WinTitleMatchMode", 4)

While True
   Sleep(10000) ; Run every 10s
   If WinExists ("[REGEXPCLASS:Chrome_WidgetWin_0]") Then ; check Spotify is running
   $handle = WinGetHandle("[REGEXPCLASS:Chrome_WidgetWin_0]")
   $spotifytitle = WinGetTitle("[REGEXPCLASS:Chrome_WidgetWin_0]") ; check what window title is
            If Not (StringInStr($spotifytitle, "Spotify")) Then ; if not containing 'Spotify' which means Spotify is playing, prevent screensaver.
            $pos = MouseGetPos ()
            MouseMove($pos[0]-1, $pos[1]-1, 0)
            MouseMove($pos[0], $pos[1], 0)
            ; Tooltip ("Spotify is playing")
        Else
        ; Tooltip ("Spotify is running but paused")
        EndIf
    Else
    ; Tooltip ("No Spotify running")
    EndIf
    
WEnd

 

[xCROv]

Why not just have it check if spotify.exe isn't there? If it can't find the title of the app it will block the screen saver. You could also make sure spotify is running by checking for the webhelper thing it always runs along side it.

[kwithnail]

Hey - thanks for replying. The section that checks if Spotify is running works just fine, the "WinExists".

It's only the "WinGetTitle" that doesn't. I can easily have it detect if the window is present using the "[CLASS:Chrome_WidgetWin_0]", but for some reason this exact same method no longer works, but only in the "WinGetTitle" function.

It can't detect the title regardless of what the title is, sadly. 

[BrewManNH]

If you get a handle from your WinGetHandle, use that in your WinGetTitle instead of the RegExpClass, and see if that works. Also, check to make sure that the handle returned from WinGetHandle is the same as the window you're looking for. It's entirely possible that there might be more than one window that matches that class.

[kwithnail]

Thanks for that reply - in fact you're right, the handle doesn't seem to match what's in the WindowInfo. How could I narrow it down?

 

[kwithnail]

It might be ugly, but I fixed it this way, at least until Spotify mess me around again: 

$handle = 0

While True
   Sleep(10000) ; Run every 10s
   If ProcessExists ("spotify.exe") Then ; check Spotify is running
        If WinExists ("[TITLE:Spotify]") Then ; when paused or app first opening we,re going to narrow down which is correct window
            $handle = WinGetHandle("[TITLE:Spotify]") ; find handle of which Spotify window has actual title Spotify
        Else
        EndIf
        $spotifytitle = WinGetTitle($handle) ; check what window title is using that handle
        If Not (StringInStr($spotifytitle, "Spotify")) Then ; if that handle is not Spotify ie app is playing music then prevent sleep.
            $pos = MouseGetPos ()
            MouseMove($pos[0]-1, $pos[1]-1, 0)
            MouseMove($pos[0], $pos[1], 0)
            Else
        EndIf
    Else
    $handle = 0
    EndIf
WEnd