WinGetHandle / WinGetTitle

[atomman]

why do these only work for AutoIt GUI's?

Case $GUI_EVENT_PRIMARYDOWN

MsgBox(0, "", WinGetTitle(""))

or...

Case $GUI_EVENT_PRIMARYDOWN

MsgBox(0, "", WinGetHandle(""))

[atomman]

NEVER MIND

everyone's allowed one dumb-ass question a day :/

[rasim]

NEVER MIND

everyone's allowed one dumb-ass question a day :/

Easy, easy...

MsgBox(0, "", WinGetTitle(""))

This code return title of current active window. So if you get MsgId from created GUI, what returned WinGetTitle("")? Title of current active window.

Edited January 18, 2008 by rasim

[BrettF]

Doesn't he mean the $GUI_EVENT ones?

[martin]

why do these only work for AutoIt GUI's?

Case $GUI_EVENT_PRIMARYDOWN

MsgBox(0, "", WinGetTitle(""))

or...

Case $GUI_EVENT_PRIMARYDOWN

MsgBox(0, "", WinGetHandle(""))

In case you haven't discovered, I think what you want is

#include <misc.au3>
while 1

if _IsPressed("1") then MsgBox(0,'current window = ', WinGetTitle(""))
 
Switch GuiGetMsg()
 case ...
.
.
 EndSwitch  
WEnd

[FreeFry]

Gui events only work in your own gui(unless you've hooked into another process by using dll calls n stuff), because autoit only handles gui messages for it's own gui's.

[atomman]

@martin -- yeah, that's what i want, but my problem is that i have one AU3 GUI which is always on top, so that's the only one i'm getting titles/handles for.

i need to ignore all the GUI's created in the script and get the title/handle of the one clicked on.

[FreeFry]

I'm sorry, I didn't quite understand that last part, can you explain what exactly you're trying to do?

[atomman]

i want to WinGetHandle("") (or WinGetTitle("")) of the non-AU3 window which receives a mouse L-click so i have the handle/title to use in further operations.

[FreeFry]

Then doing something like this should work:

If _IsPressed("1") Then $Handle = WinGetHandle("")

[martin]

Then doing something like this should work:

If _IsPressed("1") Then $Handle = WinGetHandle("")

Yes, as post #5.

Maybe

If _IsPressed("1") Then 
 if Not( WinActive($gui1) Or Winactive($Gui2) Or WinActive($Gui3)) then  $Handle = WinGetHandle("")
endif

[atomman]

ah! sorry guys!

i meant i need to get the handle of the non-AU3 window even if the AU3 window is topmost. i stated that in a post earlier, but i didn't carry it over to my last post. sorry.

@martin - using your code works fine, but it only returns info from the topmost AU3 window (unless i'm doing something way wrong, because i haven't tested any of this thoroughly yet -- i'm involved in another struggle at the moment

[FreeFry]

Hmm, from what I know, the active window doesn't have to be topmost, so the WinGet* using "" as title parameter or [ACTIVE] (advanced title mode), should work... hmm

[martin]

ah! sorry guys!

i meant i need to get the handle of the non-AU3 window even if the AU3 window is topmost. i stated that in a post earlier, but i didn't carry it over to my last post. sorry.

@martin - using your code works fine, but it only returns info from the topmost AU3 window (unless i'm doing something way wrong, because i haven't tested any of this thoroughly yet -- i'm involved in another struggle at the moment

I think I see. Try this example

#include <constants.au3>
#include <misc.au3>

$g1 = GUICreate("top",400,400,0,0,-1,$WS_EX_TOPMOST)
GUISetState()

while 1
    
if _IsPressed("1") Then
    $a = WinGetTitle("")
    if $a <> "top" then MsgBox(0,'active window is',$a)
EndIf

 If GUIGetMsg() = -3 then exit
WEnd

For the case where you have 3 AutoIt guis you will need to say something like

if $a <> $Title1 And $a <> $Title2 and $a <> $Title3 then $LastActive = $a

Edited January 19, 2008 by martin