Ensure target window is active

[palindrome]

I have a script that interacts with a window through pixel reads, mouse activity and keyboard activity. Is there a way to easily make sure that the target window is active at every interaction without a lot of cumbersome extra code? Ideally, I want to pause when the target window loses focus and resume when it resumes focus.

[herewasplato]

WinWaitActive() ahead of each action

Edit: or if it is always the same window/title - perhaps an adlib function with a WinWaitActive line in it...

Edited September 24, 2007 by herewasplato

[JSunn]

I have a script that interacts with a window through pixel reads, mouse activity and keyboard activity. Is there a way to easily make sure that the target window is active at every interaction without a lot of cumbersome extra code? Ideally, I want to pause when the target window loses focus and resume when it resumes focus.

Can you post the affected code?

-John

[palindrome]

WinWaitActive() ahead of each action

Edit: or if it is always the same window/title - perhaps an adlib function with a WinWaitActive line in it...

The first solution would be quite tedious to code and make the script slower. I'm going to try the second solution. Is there a way to somehow watch for the windows message that says the window is losing focus and IMMEDIATELY react to that? This would be something that adlib functions can't do, since they are run only periodically.

[JBeef]

Adlib() - ~Jap

[aslani]

Try this;

While WinActive($title)
...your-scripts-here
WEnd

[herewasplato]

...make the script slower...

...not so that you would notice with a WinWaitDelay of 0 or 1 via the Opt() function.

[PsaltyDS]

The first solution would be quite tedious to code and make the script slower. I'm going to try the second solution. Is there a way to somehow watch for the windows message that says the window is losing focus and IMMEDIATELY react to that? This would be something that adlib functions can't do, since they are run only periodically.

Define "IMMEDIATELY". Your AdLibEnable() function could run every 100 or 50 milliseconds, for example. Is that really too slow?

[palindrome]

Define "IMMEDIATELY". Your AdLibEnable() function could run every 100 or 50 milliseconds, for example. Is that really too slow?

Well, there's logic like this: if A() then B()

If the window gets deactivated after the A() check but before the B() action, I would still like to to pause immediately and not perform B() on the wrong window. Specifically, A() checks for stuff on the client area with pixel checking code, in a DX game.

Of course, checking whether the window is activated at EVERY action will work, but my main concern with that is code elegance and simplicity.

Since my code performs pauses in between actions in takes anyway, adlib will probably work with at most one action done on the wrong window. However, I'm wondering if there's a way for the originally running code to continue where it left off when I go back to the original window.

Edited September 24, 2007 by palindrome