WinActivate() question

[SomeoneHere]

if i have more then one open with the same title, how do i open the last one that has been open?

Edited July 30, 2009 by SomeoneHere

[martin]

if i have more then one open with the same title, how do i open the last one that has been open?

You need to use the window handle which is unique for every window.

Monitor when the active window changes and save its handle if it's not your window.

This quick example might help explain.

$last = -1
$mygui = wingethandle("Title of my gui")
HotKeySet("^{F6}", "ex")

While 1

    $now = WinGetHandle("[ACTIVE]")
    If $now <> 0 And $now <> $last and $now <> $mygui Then
        ConsoleWrite(WinGetTitle($now) & " has handle " & Hex($now) & @CRLF)
        $last = $now
    EndIf

WEnd

Func ex()
    Exit
EndFunc   ;==>ex

[SomeoneHere]

You need to use the window handle which is unique for every window.

Monitor when the active window changes and save its handle if it's not your window.

This quick example might help explain.

$last = -1
$mygui = wingethandle("Title of my gui")
HotKeySet("^{F6}", "ex")

While 1

    $now = WinGetHandle("[ACTIVE]")
    If $now <> 0 And $now <> $last and $now <> $mygui Then
        ConsoleWrite(WinGetTitle($now) & " has handle " & Hex($now) & @CRLF)
        $last = $now
    EndIf

WEnd

Func ex()
    Exit
EndFunc   ;==>ex

i already know how to obtain the PID and to bring up the window according to the PID i choose... but i wanted to know if you can use WinActivate() to just open the last window created with the same title (it auto opens the first one) Edited July 31, 2009 by SomeoneHere

[bo8ster]

Given a a window title, AutoIt will open the first window it finds that matches. I am not sure WinActive works but I would suspect it works something iterating through the results of WinList then making the first match found active. If you are searching by title and there are two windows that have the same title, it can't tell the difference.

[martin]

but i wanted to know if you can use WinActivate() to just open the last window created with the same title

No, you can't. You must use the handle (not the PID).

[minimax]

No, you can't.

Sure?

What about searching within the array returned by WinList() for the last match of the title and using that handle. (Maybe the last one started, and not the last one the user had active.)

[bo8ster]

@minimax - martin is correct, you can't. I understand your suggestion however there is no way to guarantee the order returned from WinList(). You have no way of telling which one it will be in the array and the order will change each time WinList() is called.