winwait

[ToyBoi]

I know there's winwait for windows, say if u open notepad it would wait for it to be active

what about if i do Alt & f and I select from the menu

If someone has a slow computer the script would cause a lot of bugs, and I don't want to use sleep b/c it's always a guesstimate , is there a way for autoit to send a command and wait for it to be completed and then do the next code

so eg if i want to save a file i would do

send("!f")

wait till done

send("a")

...

..

[PsaltyDS]

I know there's winwait for windows, say if u open notepad it would wait for it to be active

what about if i do Alt & f and I select from the menu

If someone has a slow computer the script would cause a lot of bugs, and I don't want to use sleep b/c it's always a guesstimate , is there a way for autoit to send a command and wait for it to be completed and then do the next code

so eg if i want to save a file i would do

send("!f")

wait till done

send("a")

Use WinMenuSelectItem (), _GuiCtrlMenu_*, or _GuiCtrlToolbar_* functions instead.

[ToyBoi]

Use WinMenuSelectItem (), _GuiCtrlMenu_*, or _GuiCtrlToolbar_* functions instead.

Thank you, i will try that out

[ToyBoi]

Thank you, i will try that out

Hi I tried the following and excel wasn't able to select the right menu, is there something wrong with it?

#include <GuiConstants.au3>

#include <IE.au3>

#include <File.au3>

#include <ExcelCOM_UDF.au3>

#include <Array.au3>

#include <GUIComboBox.au3>

#include <GuiConstantsEx.au3>

#include <Constants.au3>

$oExcel = _ExcelBookNew(1)
WinWaitActive($oExcel)
WinMenuSelectItem("Microsoft Excel-Book1 ", "", "&Tools", "&Macro","&Record New Macro..." )

[PsaltyDS]

Hi I tried the following and excel wasn't able to select the right menu, is there something wrong with it?

#include <GuiConstants.au3>

#include <IE.au3>

#include <File.au3>

#include <ExcelCOM_UDF.au3>

#include <Array.au3>

#include <GUIComboBox.au3>

#include <GuiConstantsEx.au3>

#include <Constants.au3>

$oExcel = _ExcelBookNew(1)
WinWaitActive($oExcel)
WinMenuSelectItem("Microsoft Excel-Book1 ", "", "&Tools", "&Macro","&Record New Macro..." )

From the help file remarks under WinMenuSelectItem():

WinMenuSelectItem will only work on standard menus. Unfortunately, many menus in use today are actually custom written or toolbars "pretending" to be menus. This is true for most Microsoft applications.

In MS Excel, the menu is Class "MsoCommandBar". So I wouldn't be surprised if that didn't work.

[ToyBoi]

From the help file remarks under WinMenuSelectItem():

In MS Excel, the menu is Class "MsoCommandBar". So I wouldn't be surprised if that didn't work.

So in this situation is this doable?

[PsaltyDS]

So in this situation is this doable?

Have you tried the _GuiCtrlToolbar_* functions on it yet?