Retrieve the name of the window that is on top

[trynhyty]

Hi everybody, 

 

As I explained in a previous topic, I'm trying to make a program that will be a Window with a text input field.

If I write "chrome" and press enter in that field, it should open chrome.exe

What I'm trying to do is to check when the window of Chrome is on top of screen. 

I used pixelsearch, but I find it really inadequate.

Is there a way to mess around with WinAPI.au3 to retrieve the name of the current top window ? 

Thanks by advance.

[MikahS]

Have a look at:

WinList

 

[trynhyty]

Have a look at:

WinList

 

As usual, thanks MikahS  

By the way, I finally made a function to erase last char in my historic txtfile, works like a charm, thank you

[junkew]

isnt it getActiveWindow?

[trynhyty]

If you could help me with WinList, that'd be cool  

I'm trying to understand the function, and I don't two things : 

I don't achieve to interprete " For $i = 1 To $aList[0][0] " 

I understand this as it was a cursor that went from the last window to the first ($aList[0][0] if I understand correctly) 

With the example I achieve to get the name of all the windows open on my computer, but if I just write MsgBox (0, "", "Title : " & $aList[1][0]), I have no value shown  

And I don't get why yet.

The second problem is linked to the fist, I need to know how to get only the first title of the array that WinList make for me  

Thanks in advance

[guinness]

It's hard to help when you lack basic understanding. You can expect expect people to start re-hashing tutorials on something that you yourself should read about e.g. arrays, loops etc. My suggestion, get the fundamentals understood and then start building something.

[mikell]

Winlist lists all windows including these without a title
Example #1 in the helpfile shows exactly how to get "only visible windows with a title"
Then you could use it like this

#include <MsgBoxConstants.au3>

Local $aList = WinList()

; Loop through the array displaying only visible windows with a title.
For $i = 1 To $aList[0][0]
     If $aList[$i][0] <> "" And BitAND(WinGetState($aList[$i][1]), 2) Then
             $title = $aList[$i][0]
             $handle = $aList[$i][1]
             Exitloop
     EndIf
Next
MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, "", "Title: " & $title & @CRLF & "Handle: " & $handle)

 

[jguinch]

What I'm trying to do is to check when the window of Chrome is on top of screen. 

 

WinWaitActive ?

[trynhyty]

 

WinWaitActive ?

I tried it, and works like a charm. 

But I find the WinList() option more fun to apply, atleast it learns me some things about programmation  

At the moment, I wrote this : 

 

$x = 0
 global $array[1]
 
 For $i = 1 To $aList [0][0]

    If $aList[$i][0] <> "" And BitAND(WinGetState($aList[$i][1]), 2) Then
         MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, "", "Title: " & $aList [$i][0] & @CRLF)
         $array[$x] = $aList[$i][0]
         $x = $x+1
         ReDim $value[UBound($array) + 1]
    EndIf
Next

ReDim $array[UBound($array) - 1]

_ArrayDisplay ($array)

 

And I get an array with only windows that have a title.

I'm trying to get the first row of the array, I've not looked for it yet, don't spoil me  

 

Edited August 20, 2015 by trynhyty

[MikahS]

As usual, thanks MikahS  

By the way, I finally made a function to erase last char in my historic txtfile, works like a charm, thank you

My pleasure, as always. 

Glad you got a solution figured out to your other problem as well!