winactive and locked computer

[spop12]

can winactive or winexists be use in a locked windows xp computer ?

is there any work around to do this, if you cant detect a windows or set focus ?

thanks

[herewasplato]

can winactive or winexists be use in a locked windows xp computer ?

is there any work around to do this, if you cant detect a windows or set focus ?

thanks

Welcome to the forum.

Test the scenario for yourself using code like this:

WinActivate("Program Manager")
;Send("#l")
Sleep(2000)
Run("notepad")
WinWait("Untitled - Notepad")
If WinExists("Untitled - Notepad") Then Beep(500, 500)
Sleep(1000)
If WinActive("Untitled - Notepad") Then Beep(1500, 1500)

Run that once as is to see what happens and then remove the comment character ";" from this line:

;Send("#l")

and run the script again.

I think that you will find that you can use WinWait and WinExists but not any of the Win... functions that has Activate or Activate in them.

Edited January 18, 2007 by herewasplato