close duplicate windows

[ronald82]

Is it possible to close duplicate windows from using an array ?

What I mean is that using winlist I got an array that contains a list of duplicate windows. I cannot use the process because these are all children of the same multiple exe. I only want to leave open the first one and close all the duplicates that come after. Can you help me, please?

 

thanks

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Edited February 24, 2020 by ronald82

[Nine]

Have you tested WinList instead ?

[ronald82]

yes im using winlist and im getting the array and list back. but how can i close all the windows from the list but leave only the first one ?

[ronald82]

cani use something like :

winclose($array[1][1])

?

[ronald82]

if I have the below:

how can I close windows in rows 1 to 4 and leave only row 0 open ?

[Nine]

2 minutes ago, ronald82 said:

how can I close windows in rows 1 to 4 and leave only row 0 open ?

That doesn't make sense, row 0 is the number of windows open !

 

11 minutes ago, ronald82 said:

cani use something like : winclose($array[1][1]) ?

Yes you can. You need to create a double loop to check duplicates, and close the ones you want...

[ronald82]

yes I meant close all windows and leave row1 only

[Nine]

39 minutes ago, ronald82 said:

Is it possible to close duplicate windows from using an array ?

In your example, only Bloc-notes is duplicated.  Why do you want to close all windows except Excel ?  I do not understand what you want to achieve.  It is not coherent with your previous statement...

[ronald82]

the example is not mine, i just found a picture to give an example. just imagine them all the same window name but different handle

[Nine]

Ok, then the answer is yes.  You can close any window using the handle.  It will close only that instance of the same program...

[ronald82]

can you give me an example please ?

[Nine]

There is plenty of examples using WinList in here.  Just do a bit a searching, grab some code here and there.  And come back if you have trouble with your script.