New to Window Handles

[marcdr]

Hi All,

i'm new to using window handles to get the windows for my scripts. I have been using the title of the window in my scripts so far but I want to run more scripts at the same time. The problem is that I want to have 3 windows of the same program open. Below is what I have been using to get the window handle, but the last 7 characters change everytime a new program window is opened. How can I get the window handle if the class name keep changing??

Thanks in advance

Marc

if WinExists("Classname=Afx:400000:8:10011:0:186038f") Then 
    $SiebMain=WinGetHandle("Classname=Afx:400000:8:10011:0:186038f")
Else
    msgbox(0, "", "Siebel Window not found")
EndIf

[SmOke_N]

Opt('WinTitleMatchMode', 4)
if WinExists("Classname=Afx:400000:8:10011:0:") Then    
    $SiebMain=WinGetHandle("Classname=Afx:400000:8:10011:0:")
Else
    msgbox(0, "", "Siebel Window not found")
EndIf

Did you try that?

[marcdr]

Yes I tried that and it still doesn't work, the Opt("Wintitlematchmode", 4) is further up in my code.

[SmOke_N]

Yes I tried that and it still doesn't work, the Opt("Wintitlematchmode", 4) is further up in my code.

Errr... Yeh, I figured you might have WinTitleMatchMode, 4 --- Because you were using classname= ... but your saying it doesn't work if you trim the last 7? I don't see that being possible unless you have multiple windows with the same type of class.

[marcdr]

Errr... Yeh, I figured you might have WinTitleMatchMode, 4 --- Because you were using classname= ... but your saying it doesn't work if you trim the last 7? I don't see that being possible unless you have multiple windows with the same type of class.

The windows are from the same class. I want 3 instances of the same program open at the same time. Is there any way to get a unique identifier for each of the windows as the titles are the same but the class name keeps changing.

[SmOke_N]

If the window has something in each title that is common (which is what I think I'm understanding) you might be able to use this.

#include <array.au3>
Opt('WinTitleMatchMode', 2)
$WinHandles = GetWinHandles('Some Part Of the Title That is always present')
_ArrayDisplay($WinHandles, 'Win Unique Window Handles')
Func GetWinHandles($t_TITLE)
    Local $WIN = WinList()
    Local $MakeList = ''
    For $i = 1 to $WIN[0][0]
        If StringInStr($WIN[$i][0], $t_TITLE) And $WIN[$i][0] <> "" And StringInStr($MakeList, Chr(01) & $WIN[$i][1]) = 0 And WinVisible($WIN[$i][1]) Then
            $MakeList = $MakeList & $WIN[$i][1] & Chr(01)
        EndIf
    Next
    Return StringSplit(StringTrimRight($MakeList, 1), Chr(01))
EndFunc  ;==>GetWinHandles

Func WinVisible($HWND)
    If BitAnd(WinGetState($HWND), 2) Then
        Return 1
    EndIf
    Return 0
EndFunc  ;==>WinVisible

[Helge]

..I want 3 instances of the same program open at the same time...

Check out my brand new UDF called http://www.autoitscript.com/fileman/users/Helge/udfs.htm.

It's nothing fancy, but it will hopefully help you.

[marcdr]

Check out my brand new UDF called http://www.autoitscript.com/fileman/users/Helge/udfs.htm.

It's nothing fancy, but it will hopefully help you.

Thanks for the link to the code. It still doesn't get around my problem of the window titles being the same, unless i'm using it wrong. The title of the window I want 3 instances of has the same title every time it is opened. I thought I could use the window handles to get different windows.

[Helge]

Quick code to show you basically how to do it..

$pid1 = Run()
$pid2 = Run()
$pid3 = Run()
$hwnd1 = _ProcessGetHWnd($pid1)
$hwnd2 = _ProcessGetHWnd($pid2)
$hwnd3 = _ProcessGetHWnd($pid3)

[marcdr]

Quick code to show you basically how to do it..

$pid1 = Run()
$pid2 = Run()
$pid3 = Run()
$hwnd1 = _ProcessGetHWnd($pid1)
$hwnd2 = _ProcessGetHWnd($pid2)
$hwnd3 = _ProcessGetHWnd($pid3)

Thanks for the help. I've sort of managed to get it working.

Marc

[SmOke_N]

Thanks for the help. I've sort of managed to get it working.

Marc

Since you were the one that started the thread, can you post what you did to get it working so others that run into the same situation, and find this thread through the illustrious search feature may find an answer they are looking for?

Congrats, on finding a solution.

[marcdr]

I managed to get around my problem by using Helge's ProcessGetHWnd code.

I didn't want 1 script to run the same program 3 times. I wanted 3 scripts to run 1 instance each of the same program and do different things. So I used Helge's code to get the window handle for each instance of the program.

$File='C:\sea\.......';program you want to run
$iPid=run($File)

WinWait("Siebel-CHEP CRM R4.1", "")
If Not WinActive("Siebel-CHEP CRM R4.1", "") Then WinActivate("Siebel-CHEP CRM R4.1", "")
WinWaitActive("Siebel-CHEP CRM R4.1", "")
Send("xxxxxxx{TAB}xxxxxxxx{ENTER}")

sleep(1000)

$Title="Siebel-CHEP CRM R4.1 - My Teams Activities"

winwait($Title, "")
$HWND = _ProcessGetHWnd($iPid)
winactivate($HWND, "")

;**************************
;change position to TDM
WinWait($HWND, "")
If Not WinActive($HWND, "") Then WinActivate($HWND, "")
WinWaitActive($HWND, "")
Send("{ALTDOWN}eg{ALTUP}")
$handle = WinGetHandle("Change Postition")
WinWait($handle, "")
If Not WinActive($handle, "") Then WinActivate($handle, "")
WinWaitActive($handle, "")
Send("{DOWN}{DOWN}{ENTER}")

I used the $HWND everytime I wanted to access the main window of each instance of the program. I used $handle for windows within the main window, eg 'save as'