How to detect that switching to FullScreen is done?

[MemphiZ]

Hi all,

I've been watching AutoItScript.com for a long time now and I learned much about AutoIt from this community! Thanks to everybody posting his scripts!

I thought its time to set up an account because there is one thing bugging me for hours now and I can't find a solution.

Question:

If I "Send("!{ENTER}")" to a window and it switches to fullscreen how can I detect when this switching is done?

The Scenario:

I want to benchmark an application using FRAPS. Unfortunately most applications don't allow "PixelGetColor" in fullscreen mode. Therefore I'm starting the application windowed and having a while loop running which is detecting a color change from black to any color using this loop:

$dimensions = WinGetPos("The Window Title")
$color = PixelGetColor($dimensions[0] + 100, $dimensions[1] + 100)
While $color = 0
    $color = PixelGetColor($dimensions[0] + 100, $dimensions[1] + 100)
    Sleep(250)
WEnd

When the script exits this loop I know that I can "Send" the Hotkey for FRAPS to start measuring. But before I do that I have to "Send" ALT+ENTER to go fullscreen.

The Problem:

If I send ALT+ENTER followed by the Hotkey I mostly get a minimum value of 0 frames in the log because FRAPS started measuring to early as the switching was not finished yet. Sleeping for 1 or 2 seconds is not a solution as I have to make sure that I start measuring on multiple systems at the same point. The time taken to switch to fullscreen varies based on system speed.

Any help is appreciated!

So long,

MemphiZ

Edited March 30, 2011 by MemphiZ

[Melba23]

MemphiZ,

I would just check if the active window fills the screen like this:

While 1

    ; Resolution might be changed so check each time
    $iW = @DesktopWidth
    $iH = @DesktopHeight

    ; Get GUI size
    $aPos = WinGetPos("[ACTIVE]")

    ; Just for testing
    ConsoleWrite($aPos[2] & " - " & @DesktopWidth & @CRLF)
    ConsoleWrite($aPos[3] & " - " & @DesktopHeight & @CRLF)

    ; Does the active GUI fill the screen
    If $aPos[2] >= $iW And $aPos[3] >= $iH Then
        SplashTextOn("Active", "FullScreen")
        ConsoleWrite("FullScreen" & @CRLF)
    Else
        SplashTextOn("Active", "Not FullScreen")
        ConsoleWrite("Not FullScreen" & @CRLF)
    EndIf

    ; Allow splash to be seen
    Sleep(2000)
    SplashOff()

    ; Set this to a suitable value to check at intervals
    Sleep(5000)

WEnd

I hope this helps.

M23

[MemphiZ]

Melba32,

I thought about this option already but (to be honest) I didn't try it because I thought the window might have the size already even if its not really re-initialized and/or drawing already but luckily I was wrong.

Thank you very much for your help!