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[mxyzptlk]

Does anyone have any idea how to send commands to 2 or more instances of the same program when they both share the same window and process name? (eg. such as pausing tasks in several programs at once)

Thanks for any help.

[Paulie]

Does anyone have any idea how to send commands to 2 or more instances of the same program when they both share the same window and process name? (eg. such as pausing tasks in several programs at once)

Thanks for any help.

You can get window handles if your script is running as the windows are created(unless they are created simultaneously) other than that, find other ways to distinguish them.

[PsaltyDS]

WinList() will create an array of the instances of matching windows, use the window handle from that. Or, if your script opened those other windows, then you can WinGetHandle() on each one as you create it.

[mxyzptlk]

I was fearing arrays (I wanted to keep it relatively simple)...ahhhhhhh c'est la vie

But thank you for the help and suggestions.

[PsaltyDS]

I was fearing arrays (I wanted to keep it relatively simple)...ahhhhhhh c'est la vie

But thank you for the help and suggestions.

Nothing complicated about arrays.

A one-dimension array is just a numbered list. Like you might write on a grocery list:

0. Apples
1. Oranges
2. Pears

Being a geek, of course, you number your list from zero.

In an array, that looks like this:

Dim $avFruit[3]
$avFruit[0] = "Apples"
$avFruit[1] = "Oranges"
$avFruit[2] = "Pears"oÝ÷ Øp¡Ø¦z{"¢v«­¬¢²;¬µªèÃ÷(駵¦åzX¤y«)­æ²¶ì¦í±º1±Ê+zÂâèÊ«ºz¼¥ËpjÆ¥Ûezj+y×­j)^w*.(!·
âµëaÇ(uákº+OiÉãn·«ezÀZS«jx°F£Þj»j}¿r^`Ú®¶²$²X¤zØb°uç@®¶²+)¬­¢ÈhÂ+m£*.jëh×6#include <array.au3>

Dim $avFruit[4][3] ; 4 rows, 3 columns
$avFruit[0][0] = "Fruit"
$avFruit[0][1] = "Package"
$avFruit[0][2] = "Number"
$avFruit[1][0] = "Apples"
$avFruit[1][1] = "Bag"
$avFruit[1][2] = 1
$avFruit[2][0] = "Oranges"
$avFruit[2][1] = "Each"
$avFruit[2][2] = 6
$avFruit[3][0] = "Pears"
$avFruit[3][1] = "Can"
$avFruit[3][2] = 2

_ArrayDisplay($avFruit, "2D Array: $avFruit")

You are still a geek, so you number the columns from zero too.

Now, in many arrays (not all) the programmer decides to use the first element [0] to contain the COUNT of how many other things are in the array. WinList() does this. So when you look at the array that WinList returns, you see the first element is [0][0] because it's a 2D array and that has the count. From the help file:

The array returned is two-dimensional and is made up as follows:

$array[0][0] = Number of windows returned

$array[1][0] = 1st window title

$array[1][1] = 1st window handle (HWND)

$array[2][0] = 2nd window title

$array[2][1] = 2nd window handle (HWND)

...

$array[n][0] = nth window title

$array[n][1] = nth window handle (HWND)

So there are as many rows, numbered from 1 since [0] has the count, as there are windows listed. Each row has two columns. The first is the title and the second is the handle. Your problem is the titles are the same, so column [0] is useless and you just use the handles in column [1]. If there are three of your windows present, then their handles are in $array[1][1], $array[2][1], and $array[3][1].

Assume the lotus position, and chant with me: "Arrays are our friends, arrays are our friends, arrays..."