Change Inactive Window To Active

[Simplify iT]

Hi people,

Need a quick bit of help. I am working with a process to automate some stuff the first time a user logons on to windows. A few screen's open and the one i want to do stuff with is inactive. How can i check to see if it is there and if so make it active?

Any and all help greatly appreciated

[Simucal]

Something like this perhaps:

$title = WinGetHandle("MyProgram Title")
If $title = 0 Then
    MsgBox(0,"Not Found", "The window title specified was not found!")
Else
    WinActivate($title)
    WinWaitActive($title)
EndIf

After talking with you on MSN, try:

Opt("WinTitleMatchMode",4)

$popup = WinGetHandle("classname=#32770")
If @Error = 1 Then
    MsgBox(0,"Not Found", "The window: AnyDVD Popup is not found!")
    Exit
EndIf
$anydvd = WinGetHandle("classname=TMainForm")
If @Error = 1 Then
    MsgBox(0,"Not Found", "The window: AnyDVD not found!")
    Exit
EndIf

WinActivate($popup)
WinWaitActive($popup)
; do whatever to the popup here

WinActivate($anydvd)
WinWaitActive($anydvd)
; do whatever to anydvd main window here

Edited April 26, 2006 by Simucal

[Simplify iT]

Something like this perhaps:

$title = WinGetHandle("MyProgram Title")
If $title = 0 Then
    MsgBox(0,"Not Found", "The window title specified was not found!")
Else
    WinActivate($title)
    WinWaitActive($title)
EndIf

After talking with you on MSN, try:

Opt("WinTitleMatchMode",4)

$popup = WinGetHandle("classname=#32770")
If @Error = 1 Then
    MsgBox(0,"Not Found", "The window: AnyDVD Popup is not found!")
    Exit
EndIf
$anydvd = WinGetHandle("classname=TMainForm")
If @Error = 1 Then
    MsgBox(0,"Not Found", "The window: AnyDVD not found!")
    Exit
EndIf

WinActivate($popup)
WinWaitActive($popup)
; do whatever to the popup here

WinActivate($anydvd)
WinWaitActive($anydvd)
; do whatever to anydvd main window here

Thankyou again for your fantastic and FAST help - you have saved me a great deal of time and headache Simucal - plus i have learned a great deal from you! It is people such as yourself that make the autoit community such a fantastic place!