Newbie WinWaitAcvtive

[jonnybignote]

Hi all

sorry for rudimentary request but am stuck on simple wait for window, hit return(get out of antivirus advert window)

Current code gives high cpu utilisation

WinWaitActive ("Notifier of Avira AntiVir Personal - Free Antivirus")
Send("^{Return}")

I know I need to put some kind of wait/sleep function as this is intended to run all the time and probably some kind of loop so code keeps on running but I'm getting nowhere fast

Thanks

[LurchMan]

Hi all

sorry for rudimentary request but am stuck on simple wait for window, hit return(get out of antivirus advert window)

Current code gives high cpu utilisation

WinWaitActive ("Notifier of Avira AntiVir Personal - Free Antivirus")
Send("^{Return}")

I know I need to put some kind of wait/sleep function as this is intended to run all the time and probably some kind of loop so code keeps on running but I'm getting nowhere fast

Thanks

try this:

Opt("WinTitleMatchMode", 2)
While 1
WinWaitActive ("Notifier of Avira AntiVir Personal - Free Antivirus")
Send("^{Return}")
Sleep (100)
WEnd

This will make it an infinite loop and the Sleep(100) will drop CPU utilization dramatically, and the opt wintitlematchmode will make it so it will match any substring of the window title.

Edited July 16, 2009 by LurchMan

[UberNuss]

jonnybignote - The snippet you posted should not hog your CPU - post the entire relevant parts of your code so that we may examine it and find the real problem.

[AdmiralAlkex]

There is no way to force WinWaitActive to increase it's sleep. You need to build something that works the same way, like this:

Do
    Sleep(50)
Until WinActive("Notifier of Avira AntiVir Personal - Free Antivirus")
Send("^{Return}")

BUT!! There are a much easier way to disable the Avira Antivir nag screen, see http://www.elitekiller.com/files/disable_antivir_nag.htm

[jonnybignote]

First - thanks to all you guys for posting replies - much appreciated.

Opt("WinTitleMatchMode", 2)
While 1
WinWaitActive ("Notifier of Avira AntiVir Personal - Free Antivirus")
Send("^{Return}")
Sleep (100)
WEnd

No change with this unfortunately...

The snippet you posted should not hog your CPU - post the entire relevant parts of your code so that we may examine it and find the real problem.

That was the entire script...

There is no way to force WinWaitActive to increase it's sleep. You need to build something that works the same way, like this:

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Do Sleep(50) Until WinActive("Notifier of Avira AntiVir Personal - Free Antivirus") Send("^{Return}")

BUT!! There are a much easier way to disable the Avira Antivir nag screen, see http://www.elitekiller.com/files/disable_antivir_nag.htm

Thanks! - that code brought it down to 1-2% which is much more manageable - however I think I'll go with your other solution to avoid it altogether. Thanks again all as this helps me understand better for my future scripting projects!

[AdmiralAlkex]

Thanks! - that code brought it down to 1-2% which is much more manageable - however I think I'll go with your other solution to avoid it altogether. Thanks again all as this helps me understand better for my future scripting projects!

No problem. I use Avira Antivir myself so I know how irritating the nag sceen can be