noob winwaitactive failure

[Hello Me You]

This is a very basic question, I am sorry, i couldnt find a good example to figure it out for myself.

given the code:

WinWaitActive("Untitled - Notepad","", 2)

I know it tries to activate notepad for 2 seconds. But how do I tell it if successful do this or if it fails then do that?

Thanks, and sorry for the stupid question.

[Helge]

It doesn't try to activate a window, it just waits for the window to become active.

So, if you actually want to activate a window then you should try WinActivate instead.

Also, to see if something was successful or not, then always look at what's mentioned

under "Return Value" in the helpfile.

[stampy]

Check the return value:

Return Value

Success: Returns 1.

Failure: Returns 0 if timeout occurred.

$x = WinWaitActive("Untitled - Notepad","", 2)
if $x = 1 then 
   ;do this
else
   ;do that
endif

[Hello Me You]

Thank you, that was exactly what I needed. (and much quicker than I would have guessed)