Newbie - WinWaitActive

[gfcaim]

Hi - As a keen and learning newbie I am obviously using the WinWaitActive wrong and struggling to see why!

My code (snippet below) sends an email that is generated from another program. It tries to activate the email window. If successful then calls a function to send it, if unsuccessful (i.e. zero returned) then assume the email has gone and exit the script. Problem is that WinWaitActive is returning the window handle even though the email is sent and cannot be activated! As mentioned - newbie - can someone put me right please!

[font=courier new, courier, monospace]
Do
  WinActivate($EmailTitle)
  $R=WinWaitActive($EmailTitle,"",3)
  MsgBox(0,"Test",$R);<<<<<<<<<Debug
  If $R=0 then
   $EGone=true
  Else
   If $TryCount<5 then
    MsgBox(0,"Test",$TryCount);<<<<<<<<<Debug
    call ("SendIt")
    $TryCount+=1
   EndIf
  EndIf
Until ($EGone=True) Or ($TryCount=5)[/font]

Edited November 7, 2011 by gfcaim

[guinness]

What is $EmailTitle? String? Handle? String that is using the CLASS? What email client are you using?

[gfcaim]

$EmailTitle is a string (= "KEDBR") that WinActivate is looking for.

Client = Outlook 2007

[sleepydvdr]

Why don't you just do something like this:

If WinExists($EmailTitle) Then
    WinActivate($EmailTitle)
    WinWaitActive($EmailTitle, "", 3)
    Call("SendIt")
    $EGone = True
EndIf

If Outlook is not open, then this chunk of code won't run. No need to worry about return codes.

[gfcaim]

Why don't you just do something like this:

If WinExists($EmailTitle) Then
    WinActivate($EmailTitle)
    WinWaitActive($EmailTitle, "", 3)
    Call("SendIt")
    $EGone = True
EndIf

If Outlook is not open, then this chunk of code won't run. No need to worry about return codes.

Aha! Told you I was a noob! Exctly what I need, thanks sleepydvdr

[gfcaim]

Hang on - still not getting something here. I altered your suggestion slightly (because it would have assumed that the email was sent ok) so the theory of the loop is that at second pass if the email is gine then the window no longer exists and it would end normally. However, it is just getting stuck in the loop as before, even though the window doesn't exist. (I'm trying to learn, honest!)

Do
 if WinExists($EmailTitle) Then
  WinActivate($EmailTitle)
  WinWaitActive($EmailTitle, "", 3)
  Call("SendIt")
 Else
  $EGone = True
 EndIf
until ($EGone=True)

Edited November 7, 2011 by gfcaim

[water]

There is an Outlook UDF available (please check my signature) which results in more reliable code

The email is generated by which program? You want to be sure the mail is sent and then proceed with your script?