Unable to minimize Windows Magnifier

[WBHIIHPP]

I have a project that opens an application and then opens windows magnifier and zooms in on a certain area of the application.  After the zoom is finished I would like to minimize the Magnifier tool but, I am unable to make that happen.  I have tried using mousemove and mouse click to click the minimize button and I have tried the following:

;Opens the Windows Magnifier
Send("#=")
;Wait 200 msec
Sleep(200)
;Minimize tbe Mangnifier Tool
WinSetState("Magnifier","",@SW_HIDE)

Any ideas on why these approaches will not work?

[OJBakker]

Check the returnvalue of winsetstate.

If the focus is still on the magnifier you can minimize the window with WinKey - Down arrow, in code:

Send("#{DOWN}")

 

[Andreik]

#include <SendMessage.au3>

Local $WM_SYSCOMMAND = 0x0112
Local $SC_MINIMIZE = 0xF020

Send('#=')
WinWait('Magnifier')

Sleep(2000)

_SendMessage(WinGetHandle('Magnifier'), $WM_SYSCOMMAND, $SC_MINIMIZE, 0)

 

Edited January 18, 2024 by Andreik

[Werty]

As an alternative to windows magnifier you can use autoIt itself, the windows magnifier is not very good, very slow responding, whereas an AutoIt version is much faster, check it out...

#include <WinAPI.au3>
HotKeySet("{ESC}", "_exit")

$Gui = GUICreate("Magnifier", 512, 512, -1, -1)
       GUISetState()
Global $DesktopDC = _WinAPI_GetDC(0)
Global $GuiDC = _WinAPI_GetDC($Gui)

;------------------------------------------------------------------------------
WHILE 1
   _WinAPI_StretchBlt($GuiDC, 0, 0, 512, 512, $DesktopDC, MouseGetPos()[0]-64, MouseGetPos()[1]-64, 128, 128, 0x00CC0020)
   Sleep(10)
WEND
;------------------------------------------------------------------------------
;------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Func _exit()
    Exit
 EndFunc
 ;------------------------------------------------------------------------------

You can even hold the mouse over a playing movie and it updates instantly, windows magnifier cant do that.

Edited January 22, 2024 by Werty