WinActive & ProcessExists

[Slythfox]

I'm trying to set an if case so that if the window of an exe is the active window, then... [insert code here].

Basically something like this, but of course, this doesn't work:

If WinActive("firefox.exe") Then
MsgBox(0, "", "Firefox is active.")
EndIf

Obviously the title of many programs, like firefox, changes. Thus you see my problem.

Yes, I know I could set WinActive to wait for a match any substring in the title, in this case "Mozilla Firefox," but I need this to work with programs that don't necessarily have an identifier like "Notepad" or "Mozilla Firefox" attached to the end of their titles.

Any ideas? Thanks.

[Paulie]

I'm trying to set an if case so that if the window of an exe is the active window, then... [insert code here].

Basically something like this, but of course, this doesn't work:

If WinActive("firefox.exe") Then
MsgBox(0, "", "Firefox is active.")
EndIf

Obviously the title of many programs, like firefox, changes. Thus you see my problem.

Yes, I know I could set WinActive to wait for a match any substring in the title, in this case "Mozilla Firefox," but I need this to work with programs that don't necessarily have an identifier like "Notepad" or "Mozilla Firefox" attached to the end of their titles.

Any ideas? Thanks.

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Opt('WintitleMatchmode',2)
While 1
    If WinActive("- Mozilla Firefox") Then
        MsgBox(0, "", "Firefox is active.")
    EndIf
WEnd

Edited October 18, 2006 by Paulie

[MHz]

Another option is using Classname for the title.

Opt('WintitleMatchmode', 4)
While 1
    If WinActive("classname=MozillaUIWindowClass") Then
        MsgBox(0, "", "Firefox is active.")
    EndIf
WEnd

[Slythfox]

Opt('WintitleMatchmode',2)oÝ÷ Ù©e£¢ºZ®Øf­r§ÚÂ)Ý£b¶W¬£*.r¥vƲjëh×6
Opt('WintitleMatchmode',2)
While 1
    If WinActive("- Mozilla Firefox") Then
        MsgBox(0, "", "Firefox is active.")
    EndIf
WEnd

Yes I know I can do that, which is what I meant by "Yes, I know I could set WinActive to wait for a match any substring in the title..."

I'm using this method for now. I guess I should probably make a request for WinActive to also be by .exe