WinExists partial Class name

[Seminko]

Hey fellas,

is there a was to check if window exists by only a partial Class?

The Class is apparently dynamic for my window and looks something like: HwndWrapper[app.exe;;255bd6d6-etc-etc-etc]

I would like to search only for app.exe in the class.

Is that doable?

Thanks

Seminko

[willichan]

Have you tried doing something like this?

WinExists("HwndWrapper[app.exe","")

-- edit --

You might also want to set the Window Title Match option somewhere before calling WinExists()

AutoItSetOption("WinTitleMatchMode", 2) ;Match any substring in the title

 

Edited June 16, 2017 by willichan
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[Seminko]

23 minutes ago, willichan said:

Have you tried doing something like this?

WinExists("HwndWrapper[app.exe","")

-- edit --

You might also want to set the Window Title Match option somewhere before calling WinExists()

AutoItSetOption("WinTitleMatchMode", 2) ;Match any substring in the title

 

Does not work. I suspect AutoItSetOption only works on Titles not Classes.

[willichan]

Interesting.  I am able to do partial class name matching on my PC using this method.

[Seminko]

2 minutes ago, willichan said:

Interesting.  I am able to do partial class name matching on my PC using this method.

Shouldn't Class be specified like this?

WinExists("[Class:ClassName]")

 

[willichan]

I used your own example to format the search example I gave you.  You should substitute in the part of the class name you are looking for.

In my test, I looked for my IBM Notes window.  The AutoIt v3 Window Info utility gives me the following info.

>>>> Window <<<<
Title:  Mail - Inbox - IBM Notes
Class:  SWT_Window0

I used the following line to test for it

If WinExists("SWT_Win","") Then MsgBox(0,"test","yes")

For me, I get a "yes" pop-up whenever I have Notes open, and nothing when it is closed.

I can't guarantee that it will work for all apps.  You will need to test it for your situation.

[jdelaney]

https://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/docs/intro/windowsadvanced.htm

REGEXPCLASS - Window classname using a regular expression (if the regular expression is wrong @error will be set to 2)