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I'm probably not using the correct verbage here.

I'm playing with the Window Controls. WinActive, WinWaitActive etc...

And I am trying to determine if there is a way to know when a particular window has changed state.

For example.

My Microsoft Office Communicator. When I get a new message - it flashes in the taskbar - but does not become active.

Is there some way I can know that it's now flashing and expecting a response from me?

Thanks in advance.

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I'm probably not using the correct verbage here.

I'm playing with the Window Controls. WinActive, WinWaitActive etc...

And I am trying to determine if there is a way to know when a particular window has changed state.

For example.

My Microsoft Office Communicator. When I get a new message - it flashes in the taskbar - but does not become active.

Is there some way I can know that it's now flashing and expecting a response from me?

Maybe WinGetState can help you:

WinGetState ( "title" [, "text"] )

Success: Returns a value indicating the state of the window. Multiple values are added together so use BitAND() to examine the part you are interested in:

1 = Window exists

2 = Window is visible

4 = Windows is enabled

8 = Window is active

16 = Window is minimized

32 = Windows is maximized

My Microsoft Office Communicator. When I get a new message - it flashes in the taskbar

if window is initially active, you can try with:

; *********************************************
; Get Active Window  (Title)(Text)
; Author - SmOke_N & Valuater

; *********************************************

Func WinGetActive ()
    Local $HidOpt = Opt("WinDetectHiddenText", 1);0=don't detect, 1=do detect
    Local $w_WinList = WinList()
    For $i = 1 to $w_WinList[0][0]
      If $w_WinList[$i][0] <> "" AND BitAnd(WinGetState($w_WinList[$i][1]), 2) _
          And BitAnd(WinGetState($w_WinList[$i][1]), 8) Then Return $w_WinList[$i][0]
      Next
    Opt("WinDetectHiddenText", $HidOpt);0=don't detect, 1=do detect
EndFunc

You try with the Window Info Tool too. Is a Helpful to get values of windows.