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Getting a window handle from PID for more advanced programs


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I know it was discussed before, but the Wiki supposedly has an official solution to "How can I get a window handle when all I have is a PID?". Alas, it doesn't seem to work for anything more complicated than Notepad.

It completely fails, for example, with IE & Firefox (even with "-new-window URL").

In addition, if you try to run multiple instances of the same program, than it fails with programs such as Chrome (i.e. it only works on the first instance).

I've tried the various alternative unofficial forum versions as well, to no avail.

The reason why it's so important is, for example, launching a browser with multiple resolutions.

Thanks!

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I do this with '?do=embed' frameborder='0' data-embedContent>>in the function _UIA_StartSUT you can find some logic

$oSUT=_UIA_getObjectByFindAll($oDesktop, "processid:=" & $result2, $treescope_children)


 

func _UIA_StartSUT($SUT_VAR)
    local $fullName=_UIA_getVar( $SUT_VAR & ".Fullname")
    local $processName=_UIA_getVar($SUT_VAR & ".processname")
    local $app2Start=$fullName & " " & _UIA_getVar($SUT_VAR & ".Parameters")
    local $workingDir= _UIA_getVar($SUT_VAR & ".Workingdir")
    local $windowState=_UIA_getVar($SUT_VAR & ".Windowstate")
    local $result, $result2   ; Holds the process id's

;~  _UIA_Debug("SUT 1 Starting : " & $fullName & @CRLF)
    if fileexists($fullName) Then
;~      _UIA_Debug("SUT 2 Starting : " & $fullName & @CRLF)
;~      Only start new instance when not found
        $result2=processexists($processName)
        if $result2=0 Then
            _UIA_Debug("Starting : " & $app2Start & " from " & $workingDir)
            $result=run($app2Start,$workingDir, $windowState )
            $result2=ProcessWait($processName,60)
;~          sleep(500) ;~ Just to give the system some time to show everything
        EndIf

;~ Wait for the window to be there
        $oSUT=_UIA_getObjectByFindAll($oDesktop, "processid:=" & $result2, $treescope_children)
        if not isobj($oSUT) Then
            _UIA_Debug("No window found in SUT : " & $app2Start & " from " & $workingDir)
        Else
        ;~ Add it to the Runtime Type Information
            _UIA_setVar("RTI." & $SUT_VAR & ".PID", $result2)
            _UIA_setVar("RTI." & $SUT_VAR & ".HWND", hex(_UIA_getPropertyValue($oSUT, $UIA_NativeWindowHandlePropertyId)))
;~          _UIA_DumpThemAll($oSUT,$treescope_subtree)
        EndIf
    Else
        _UIA_Debug("No clue where to find the system under test (SUT) on your system, please start manually:" & @CRLF )
        _UIA_Debug($app2Start & @CRLF)
    EndIf
EndFunc
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I would use the second option >>

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Updated: 22/04/2018

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Unfortunately, the second option (which, BTW, was moved to require WinAPIProc.au3 nowadays) didn't do the job for me.

junkew's solution would require more research.

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OK. Good luck.

UDF List:

 
_AdapterConnections()_AlwaysRun()_AppMon()_AppMonEx()_ArrayFilter/_ArrayReduce_BinaryBin()_CheckMsgBox()_CmdLineRaw()_ContextMenu()_ConvertLHWebColor()/_ConvertSHWebColor()_DesktopDimensions()_DisplayPassword()_DotNet_Load()/_DotNet_Unload()_Fibonacci()_FileCompare()_FileCompareContents()_FileNameByHandle()_FilePrefix/SRE()_FindInFile()_GetBackgroundColor()/_SetBackgroundColor()_GetConrolID()_GetCtrlClass()_GetDirectoryFormat()_GetDriveMediaType()_GetFilename()/_GetFilenameExt()_GetHardwareID()_GetIP()_GetIP_Country()_GetOSLanguage()_GetSavedSource()_GetStringSize()_GetSystemPaths()_GetURLImage()_GIFImage()_GoogleWeather()_GUICtrlCreateGroup()_GUICtrlListBox_CreateArray()_GUICtrlListView_CreateArray()_GUICtrlListView_SaveCSV()_GUICtrlListView_SaveHTML()_GUICtrlListView_SaveTxt()_GUICtrlListView_SaveXML()_GUICtrlMenu_Recent()_GUICtrlMenu_SetItemImage()_GUICtrlTreeView_CreateArray()_GUIDisable()_GUIImageList_SetIconFromHandle()_GUIRegisterMsg()_GUISetIcon()_Icon_Clear()/_Icon_Set()_IdleTime()_InetGet()_InetGetGUI()_InetGetProgress()_IPDetails()_IsFileOlder()_IsGUID()_IsHex()_IsPalindrome()_IsRegKey()_IsStringRegExp()_IsSystemDrive()_IsUPX()_IsValidType()_IsWebColor()_Language()_Log()_MicrosoftInternetConnectivity()_MSDNDataType()_PathFull/GetRelative/Split()_PathSplitEx()_PrintFromArray()_ProgressSetMarquee()_ReDim()_RockPaperScissors()/_RockPaperScissorsLizardSpock()_ScrollingCredits_SelfDelete()_SelfRename()_SelfUpdate()_SendTo()_ShellAll()_ShellFile()_ShellFolder()_SingletonHWID()_SingletonPID()_Startup()_StringCompact()_StringIsValid()_StringRegExpMetaCharacters()_StringReplaceWholeWord()_StringStripChars()_Temperature()_TrialPeriod()_UKToUSDate()/_USToUKDate()_WinAPI_Create_CTL_CODE()_WinAPI_CreateGUID()_WMIDateStringToDate()/_DateToWMIDateString()Au3 script parsingAutoIt SearchAutoIt3 PortableAutoIt3WrapperToPragmaAutoItWinGetTitle()/AutoItWinSetTitle()CodingDirToHTML5FileInstallrFileReadLastChars()GeoIP databaseGUI - Only Close ButtonGUI ExamplesGUICtrlDeleteImage()GUICtrlGetBkColor()GUICtrlGetStyle()GUIEventsGUIGetBkColor()Int_Parse() & Int_TryParse()IsISBN()LockFile()Mapping CtrlIDsOOP in AutoItParseHeadersToSciTE()PasswordValidPasteBinPosts Per DayPreExpandProtect GlobalsQueue()Resource UpdateResourcesExSciTE JumpSettings INISHELLHOOKShunting-YardSignature CreatorStack()Stopwatch()StringAddLF()/StringStripLF()StringEOLToCRLF()VSCROLLWM_COPYDATAMore Examples...

Updated: 22/04/2018

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Yo guise, this works (Tested just now, just posting this incase anyone else had the same problem

 
Func _GetHwndFromPID($PID)
    $hWnd = 0
    $stPID = DllStructCreate("int")
    Do
        $winlist2 = WinList()
        For $i = 1 To $winlist2[0][0]
            If $winlist2[$i][0] <> "" Then
                DllCall("user32.dll", "int", "GetWindowThreadProcessId", "hwnd", $winlist2[$i][1], "ptr", DllStructGetPtr($stPID))
                If DllStructGetData($stPID, 1) = $PID Then
                    $hWnd = $winlist2[$i][1]
                    ExitLoop
                EndIf
            EndIf
        Next
        Sleep(100)
    Until $hWnd <> 0
    Return $hWnd
EndFunc ;==>_GetHwndFromPID

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