More WinWaitActive commands at once

[PcExpert]

Hello,

Is it possible to run more winwaitactive's at once? So the program wont only wait for a window called 'I am here' but it will also wait for a window called 'you are there'.

Thanks!

[Jos]

Hello,

Is it possible to run more winwaitactive's at once? So the program wont only wait for a window called 'I am here' but it will also wait for a window called 'you are there'.

Thanks!

No, but you can build a loop with a number of " If WinExists()" in it ....

[PaulIA]

Hello,

Is it possible to run more winwaitactive's at once? So the program wont only wait for a window called 'I am here' but it will also wait for a window called 'you are there'.

Thanks!

Write your own function that accepts an array of window titles and loops using WinExists/WinActive to determine if one of the windows exists and is active.

[SmOke_N]

Hello,

Is it possible to run more winwaitactive's at once? So the program wont only wait for a window called 'I am here' but it will also wait for a window called 'you are there'.

Thanks!

Dim $aWins[4] = ['', 'This Window', 'That Window', 'Some Other Window']
_WinWaitMulti($aWins, 5)

Func _WinWaitMulti($aArray, $nTime = 0)
    If IsArray($aArray) = 0 Then Return SetError(1, 0, 0)
    Local $iTimer = TimerInit()
    While 1
        Sleep(100)
        For $iCC = 1 To UBound($aArray) -1
            If WinActive($aArray[$iCC]) Then Return $aArray[$iCC]
        Next
        If $nTime And (TimerDiff($iTimer) / 1000) >= $nTime Then Return SetError(2, 0, 0)   
    WEnd
EndFunc

[MHz]

Regex is an option...

Opt('WinTitleMatchMode', 4)
Opt('WinWaitDelay', 2000)
For $i = 1 To 10
    Switch Random(1, 3, 1)
        Case 1
            Run('explorer "' & @ProgramFilesDir & '"')
        Case 2
            Run('explorer "' & @WindowsDir & '"')
        Case 3
            Run('explorer "' & @SystemDir & '"')
    EndSwitch
    If Not WinWaitActive('regexp=(?i)program files|windows|system32', '', 3) Then ExitLoop
    $title = WinGetTitle('regexp=(?i)program files|windows|system32')
    WinClose($title)
Next

[SmOke_N]

Hmmm... Nice option MHz... but why not just use $title = WinGetTitle('') after the WinWaitActive()?

[MHz]

Hmmm... Nice option MHz... but why not just use $title = WinGetTitle('') after the WinWaitActive()?

Thanks.

Why, cause that leaves an element of risk for another title to jump in on the act. I have not used this regexp concept in reality as Adlib() or a loop with WinExist() normally does ok to cover for multiple windows to target.

[SmOke_N]

Thanks.

Why, cause that leaves an element of risk for another title to jump in on the act. I have not used this regexp concept in reality as Adlib() or a loop with WinExist() normally does ok to cover for multiple windows to target.

My only concern was that WinGetTitle('') directly is going to get the immediate active window once WinWaitActive() is done and has not failed. However, if I'm reading your regexp right, it's going to get any of those titles (active or not) and close that window (the first one it finds).

[MHz]

My only concern was that WinGetTitle('') directly is going to get the immediate active window once WinWaitActive() is done and has not failed. However, if I'm reading your regexp right, it's going to get any of those titles (active or not) and close that window (the first one it finds).

WinActive() can be used in many more lines of code that can be added but I am not going to go into making a big example out of it just to show that it can work with assurance of handling the correct window.

[SmOke_N]

WinActive() can be used in many more lines of code that can be added but I am not going to go into making a big example out of it just to show that it can work with assurance of handling the correct window.

I tested it... It looks like it went in last active... nice... I love it when I learn something new

[PcExpert]

Is it poosible to do something with winTitlematchmode? Like this: WinWaitActive("this site that site my site")

So it will just wait for a website that has one or more specified keywords?

[SmOke_N]

Is it poosible to do something with winTitlematchmode? Like this: WinWaitActive("this site that site my site")

So it will just wait for a website that has one or more specified keywords?

MHz showed you regexp= with Opt('WinTitleMatchMode', 4).... But... I was under the impression that Opt('WinTitleMatchMode', 2) did what you were asking... Is your help file broken again or just being lazy as usual?