posibilities of autoit and cpu usage?

[wooshaq]

Hello, I finally decided to experiment with automatization. Basically I need to make something rather simple with it. I use two programs: total commander  and msedge. Both maximised and what i want to do is when I run my music player (aimp) I would like to both apps to resize to acknowledge the size of the player. I tired experimenting with autohotkey and made a semiworking script that does that fairly competent but i need to iron it out since there are some things to fix but when I run the script in a loop it uses around 10% of my cpu, which is AMD 3700x. Who much power does Autoit needs to perform discribed task? And could someone help me with making such script?

[Jos]

5 minutes ago, wooshaq said:

autohotkey

?

Post what you tried that isnt working.

Edited September 7, 2023 by Jos

[wooshaq]

5 minutes ago, Jos said:

?

Post what you tried that isnt working.

This is what I made for ahk

Loop
{
If WinExist("ahk_class TAIMPMainForm")
{
WinRestore "ahk_exe msedge.exe" ; msedge
WinMove -8,0,2118,1388,"ahk_exe msedge.exe"
WinRestore "ahk_class TTOTAL_CMD"
WinMove -8,0,2118,1388,"ahk_class TTOTAL_CMD"
}
else if WinExist("ahk_class TAIMPTrayControl")
{
WinMaximize "ahk_exe msedge.exe" ; msedge
WinMaximize "ahk_class TTOTAL_CMD"
}
else if WinClose("ahk_exe aimp.exe")
{
WinMaximize "ahk_exe msedge.exe" ; msedge
WinMaximize "ahk_class TTOTAL_CMD"
}
}

This is what I came up with but there are some things that I have problem with:

1 - script crashes when edge or total commander are closed
2 - edge and totcal commander are always maximised on aimp closed
3 - 10% cpu usage of script

[Jos]

Great, then i would suggest to goto the AHK forum for support as this is the AutoIt3 forum.

Or learn Autoit3.

Edited September 7, 2023 by Jos

[TheDcoder]

What the hell are those squiggly brackets?! Never seen 'em in AutoIt.

[wooshaq]

I know this is not the correct developer, as I said I only played with ahk, i'm willing to try autoit, the question is can I achieve what I'm willing the script to do? I described the problem in the first post. does autoit have some kind of loop mode that will stay in the background and monitor if aimp is running or not and will resize the windows if necessary? And what about the cpu usage to monitor such a simple task?

[argumentum]

1 hour ago, wooshaq said:

the question is can I achieve what I'm willing the script to do?

Yes. Your code logic is not there but yes. Do search the forum ( maybe via google ) and start practicing AutoIt coding.

[Nine]

AutoIt is a very complete scripting language.  You can pretty much do everything Windows is offering.  As for your request, there is ways to trigger some code when a specific window appears which will not use much CPU in waiting.  But in order for us to help you, you will need to provide some code.

To get you started in your project, I suggest you open help file and look at _WinAPI_RegisterWindowMessage.  The example provided under this function is quite close from what you are attempting to do. 

Come back with some code, and we will be very glad to guide you.

[wooshaq]

OK, I started from the basics:

#include <MsgBoxConstants.au3>

Example()

Func Example()

        ; Test if the window exists and display the results.
        If WinExists("[CLASS:TAIMPTrayControl]", "")  Then
                MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, "", "Window exists")
        Else
                MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL + $MB_ICONERROR, "Error", "Window does not exist")
        EndIf

EndFunc   ;==>Example

Ok, first question. Even though aimp exists in two forms big and small, each with different class script never goes to "else" state, only when aimp is closed altogether. Please note that autohotkey could destinguish which class was present at the time. Any way to determine which class is present on the screen at given time? Note that I tired with WinActive but I want to switch between regular and mini by using minimalize button and current window will not be active anymore I think.

[Nine]

Ok, first question what are the different CLASSs of aimp ?  Here a draft of how you would use it with my previous recommandation with Notepad.

#include <APISysConstants.au3>
#include <WinAPISysWin.au3>
#include <Constants.au3>

Opt("MustDeclareVars", True)

OnAutoItExitRegister(OnAutoItExit)

Global $hTarget
Global $hForm = GUICreate('')
GUIRegisterMsg(_WinAPI_RegisterWindowMessage('SHELLHOOK'), WM_SHELLHOOK)
_WinAPI_RegisterShellHookWindow($hForm)

While Sleep(100)
WEnd

Func WM_SHELLHOOK($hWnd, $iMsg, $wParam, $lParam)
  If Not $lParam Then Return
  If $lParam = WinGetHandle("[CLASS:Notepad]") Then
    ConsoleWrite($wParam & "/" & $lParam & @CRLF)
    If $wParam = $HSHELL_WINDOWCREATED Then
      ConsoleWrite("Notepad has been created" & @CRLF)
      $hTarget = $lParam
    EndIf
  ElseIf $hTarget = $lParam And $wParam = $HSHELL_WINDOWDESTROYED Then
    ConsoleWrite("Notepad has been closed" & @CRLF)
    $hTarget = 0
    Exit
  EndIf
EndFunc   ;==>WM_SHELLHOOK

Func OnAutoItExit()
    _WinAPI_DeregisterShellHookWindow($hForm)
EndFunc   ;==>OnAutoItExit

ps. do not refer to AHK anymore as I do not know anything about it.  Check the REAL classes you can find.  There are also other references you could use to get the handle (like size, position, etc).

Edited September 7, 2023 by Nine

[Trong]

On 9/7/2023 at 10:27 PM, wooshaq said:

Who much power does Autoit needs to perform discribed task? 1%

And could someone help me with making such script?

How much will you pay for this request?

 

On 9/8/2023 at 4:48 AM, Nine said:

CLASSs of aimp 

AIMP.exe
>>>> Window Main <<<<
Title:    Audio/Video file name
Class:    TAIMPMainForm

>>>> Window Mini<<<<
Title:    TrayControl
Class:    TAIMPTrayControl