ProcessWinGetTitles / ProcessWinSetTitle

[alexpere]

I have a proposal for two new functions...

ProcessWinGetTitles("process") - returns the titles of windows associated with a process in an array of strings

ProcessWinSetTitle("process", ???) - sets the title of a window associated with a process (not sure how the window would be specified)

I've already had a bit of a look at doing this myself using EnumWindows and GetWindowThreadProcessId but wanted other people's feedback first. I also haven't done any development on AutoIt before so not sure if there's a set way of getting approval and working on things.

Al.

[Jon]

There's been a WinGetTitles or WinList on the todo list for ages, just a matter of finding time to code it - I might do it next as it's a fairly big ommision. The process version would be a natural extension.

[alexpere]

Thanks Jon, that sounds great!

[TheWulf]

awesome, that will come in handy

[alexpere]

I really needed it so I've coded in ProcessWinGetTitles() . I'm not sure if I'll get to ProcessWinSetTitle() though.

Code submission to Jon forthcoming...

Alex.

[alexpere]

Hi Jon,

Any news on when this functionality will be added to unstable? I can't wait for it...

Alex.

[this-is-me]

Already there.

[alexpere]

:"> Are you able to give me a couple of examples of how to use it? I can't find anything in the docs of the latest unstable except for WinGetProcess.

Help much appreciated!

[CyberSlug]

You probably need to use a combination of the following functions:

WinGetProcess

ProcessList

WinSetTitle

WinGetProcess (maybe)

[alexpere]

Thanks CyberSlug, I hadn't thought of that. Hopefully it works!

Jon e-mailed me to say he was putting it in but as I can't find it and unstable has code freeze I'm stressing a bit!!

[alexpere]

Just to close this out, here are my results which work great for simple programs with only one window (all I need):

Func _ProcessGetFirstWinTitle($process)
  ; Check given process actually exists
   $pid = ProcessExists($process)
   If Not $pid Then
      _Logthis("Given process does not exist: " & $process)
      Return 1
   EndIf
   
  ; Get window list
   $winList = WinList()
   
  ; Find which windows go with this process
   For $i = 0 To $winList[0][0] - 1
      $testPid = WinGetProcess($winList[$i][1])
      If $testPid = $pid Then
         Return $winList[$i][0]
      EndIf
   Next
   
   Return 0
EndFunc

Func _ProcessSetFirstWinTitle($process, $newTitle)
  ; Set window title as given by _ProcessGetFirstWinTitle()
   $title = _ProcessGetFirstWinTitle($process)
   WinSetTitle($title, "", $newTitle)
EndFunc

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction CyberSlug!