get window handle

[manit]

hi ,

I came across this interesting utility 'autoit v3 window information'

using that finder tool i can see window handle in 'window tab' & cursor position in 'mouse tab'

I also saw this script

HotKeySet("z","jPos")
While 1
    Sleep(100)
WEnd
Func jPos()
$jPos = MouseGetPos()
MsgBox(0, "Details", $jPos[0] & "," & $jPos[1])
EndFunc

which shows mouse position on pressing 'z'

I also read documentation on msgbox,winlist,wingethandle,guicreate.

I want to add active window handle info to that messagebox.

[JohnOne]

example.

MsgBox(0,0,WinGetHandle("[ACTIVE]"))

[manit]

<h3 class="row2">

<span class="author vcard"></span>thanks JohnOne.</h3>

<p>So when I add 'MsgBox(0,0,WinGetHandle(&quot;[ACTIVE]&quot;))' in jPos function then I get two message boxes one showing mouse coordinate while other gives window handle.</p>

<p>How can I get both in same messagebox ?</p>

[JohnOne]

You can just add it

MsgBox(0, "Details", $jPos[0] & "," & $jPos[1] & "," & WinGetHandle("[ACTIVE]"))

Edited September 25, 2011 by JohnOne

[manit]

I see that putting

&

between variables does not add any text in message box content .

but

& ","

will insert character ,

[manit]

i want to hide the window using handle i just obtained.

indicates something I don't understand.

[manit]

i usually do 'cmdow <handle> /hid'

cmdow utility an be obtained from www.commandline.co.uk/cmdow/

[JohnOne]

That's a lovely story.

Glad you got your problem fixed.

[manit]

can you suggest way to hide window from handle i obtained ?

[JohnOne]

Sure.

WinSetState()

^^^click^^^

[manit]

i read http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/docs/functions/WinSetState.htm

is this correct

$var=WinGetHandle("[ACTIVE]")

WinSetState ( $var , "text", @SW_HIDE )

[manit]

also what are rules to describe "text" parameter in msgbox function ?

[manit]

i have this idea of creating a script which will show handles of all windows on taskbar & we can hide any by just pressing button in messagebox. Also once we hide a window then it no longer appears on taskbar yet messagebox should show its handle so we can unhide it i.e toggle.

[manit]

i think windows on taskbar have level 1.

[manit]

if anyone is interested then here is code to hide active window & show mouse position,handle on pressing 'z'

HotKeySet("z","jPos")
While 1
    Sleep(100)
WEnd
Func jPos()
$jPos = MouseGetPos()
$var=WinGetHandle("[ACTIVE]")
WinSetState ( $var , "text", @SW_HIDE )
MsgBox(0, "Details", $jPos[0] & "," & $jPos[1] & "," & "," & $var)
EndFunc

[JohnOne]

also what are rules to describe "text" parameter in msgbox function ?

If you have the window handle (which you do) then you can leave the text param empty ("").

[manit]

as mentioned earlier

I have this idea of showing a messagebox that contains rows of handles of all windows on taskbar & a toggle button associated with each handle that hides or unhides corresponding window.

There should be a refresh button which adds new handle if a window has been opened lately & remove those handles which do not exist.

i need functions to dynamically add/delete button to messagebox , associate action with those buttons

[manit]

any ideas on adding/deleting button with actions dynamically to messagebox ?

[Melba23]

manit,

any ideas

Many ideas, but until you at least make an attempt to do it yourself you will not get a lot of help from anyone here.

To give you little encouragement, I would suggest using a ListView with the $LVS_EX_CHECKBOXES extended style rather than using buttons - you can keep the GUI the same size that way.

M23

[manit]

Melba23 , I saw the doc of creating listview . Also I could add check button for each row. Now I have to translate the log of cmdow in a format 'windowhandle||level|PID|window status|application|title' for each line.

My aim is to create GUI for cmdow.

This will be exciting .

Also what function can I use to create table taking line by line input from file ?

And how can I set an action to be executed if a check box is toggled ?