What command to use to wait for process

[pokerbot]

Hi guys,

Great forum here, I am totally new to AutoIT though so I hope I can get some help here and later on also be able to help others.

I find it a bit hard to use the search function when I have multiple keywords I want to search for in the same subject, for instance the following question I have I would like to search on: wait function process started, but then I get so many threads where all threads only use one word of my key phrase, is there a smarter way to do this so I don't have to ask too many for you guys probably simple questions.

Hope someone can help me out with this one: To wait for an existence of a window I use WinWaitActive(), but what AutoIT command can I use to wait for a process (executable started)?

Kind regards,

Pokerbot

[Jos]

ProcessExists() ?

Jos

[Triblade]

Your are on a good start with WinWaitActive().

But don't forget to search the help-file as well!

Goto the help-file -> Function Reference -> Process Management.

Then look for: ProcessExists("process") (Or PID instead of processname)

You could loop for example:

Do
      $process = ProcessExists("processname.exe")
Until $process = 0 ; Until process is gone

Or

Do
      Sleep(50); I prefer to sleep to get processor usage down from 100% :)
Until ProcessExists("processname.exe") = 0 ; Until process is gone

[LarryDalooza]

Prefix search terms with +

Lar.

[pokerbot]

Wow, thanks for all the fast reactions, next time I will try help and the other search function with + first.

[herewasplato]

... but what AutoIT command can I use to wait for a process (executable started)? ...

ProcessWait()