Win activate using classes

[RabidDonkey]

I am trying to use win activate to bring a window to the front. It is a window that is part of another program.

I am trying to use [Class] to do it but it does not appear to be working.

The class name is "#32770" And I think it has something to do with the # sign again. I tired using the X/Y/w/h but i am not sure how to use that i guess or if its even possible with winactivate?

WinActivate("[CLASS:#32770]","")

Here is some info from AutoIt v3 window info.

>>>> Window <<<<

Title: xxxxx

Class: #32770

Position: 229, 106

Size: 414, 326

Style: 0x14CA00C4

ExStyle: 0x00010101

Handle: 0x000201DA

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Rabid

[FireFox]

I am trying to use win activate to bring a window to the front. It is a window that is part of another program.

I am trying to use [Class] to do it but it does not appear to be working.

The class name is "#32770" And I think it has something to do with the # sign again. I tired using the X/Y/w/h but i am not sure how to use that i guess or if its even possible with winactivate?

WinActivate("[CLASS:#32770]","")

Here is some info from AutoIt v3 window info.

>>>> Window <<<<

Title: xxxxx

Class: #32770

Position: 229, 106

Size: 414, 326

Style: 0x14CA00C4

ExStyle: 0x00010101

Handle: 0x000201DA

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Rabid

Hi,if youre telling us about alt+tab window it's special window so it's hard to do something with it

[RabidDonkey]

I am not sure what you mean by alt+tab windows. However I can manupulate the window, click on buttons and such. I just need it to be the active window.

[bo8ster]

I am not sure what you mean by alt+tab windows. However I can manupulate the window, click on buttons and such. I just need it to be the active window.

Get a handle to the window once it is open then put that into WinActivate - simple answer.

If really have to use a class, make sure you have WinTitleMatchMode set to 4 - see "Window Titles and Text (Advanced)" in the help.

[RabidDonkey]

Thanks for the response what do you mean by get a handle to the window once it is open?

[bo8ster]

I assume you open the program at some point, get a handle to the app then.

I like to do

Global Const $appHandle = WinGetHandle($appName, "")

where $appName = xxxxx. One you have the $appHandle you can do WinActivate($appHandle).

Having the appHandle is very useful if u are using ControlGetHandle later on.

As before, the WinTitleMatchMode is important.

[November]

Thanks for the response what do you mean by get a handle to the window once it is open?

Here is some code to get you understand

Opt ("WinTitleMatchMode", 4)

$appName = "AutoIt Help"
$appHandle = WinGetHandle($appName, "")
ConsoleWrite($appHandle & @CRLF)
WinActivate($appHandle)

Open the AutoIT help file

Cheers

[PsaltyDS]

Here is some code to get you understand

Opt ("WinTitleMatchMode", 4)

$appName = "AutoIt Help"
$appHandle = WinGetHandle($appName, "")
ConsoleWrite($appHandle & @CRLF)
WinActivate($appHandle)

Open the AutoIT help file

Cheers

Setting the option for WinTitleMatchMode is not required any more in most cases, because the default mode will now recognize either a starting string or an advanced property match (i.e. "Window Title" or "[CLASS:#32770; TITLE:Window Title]").

Back when setting mode 4 might have been required, you would not have needed it anyway for this example, since you only provide "AutoIt Help" as the match string.

[RabidDonkey]

Thanks for all your help.

I was able to get it to work by using the wingethandle, to grab it at the start.

It is weird that When i starts I can use that, but if I try and do it later it does not work.