Window that changes

[mininja]

Ok I know I am new at this and it is silly. But I have been able to figure out how to make a script do what I want. But the issue is that when a program I am using gets updated from the author the title of the window changes due to the name of the window is the file directory. This means that version 1 will be X:\xxx\xxxx\xxx.exe (and yes they have the window called the path to the file) and next update may be like X:/xxx/xx2-19-2022/xxx.exe. So unless I can deleting the folder every time and making the exact same folder name I have to edit my script every time. Any ideas on how to make it get part of the windows name? 

 

   Opt("WinTitleMatchMode", 1) ;1=start, 2=subStr, 3=exact, 4=advanced, -1 to -4=Nocase
    Opt("WinSearchChildren", 1) ;0=no, 1=search children also
    $WinName = "X:\xxx\xxxx\xxx.exe"- this is the part that changes when they update and I unzip the new update. The xxx.exe part never changes, just the rest of it before that.
    $oToy = WinGetHandle($WinName)
    If WinExists($oToy) Then
    WinActivate($oToy)
    WinMove($oToy, "", -1203, 829, 993, 192)
    EndIf

[SOLVE-SMART]

Hi @mininja,

you already use the option WinTitleMatchMode, so just set that option to 2 😉 .

Opt("WinTitleMatchMode", 2) ; 1 = start, 2 = subStr, 3 = exact, 4 = advanced, -1 to -4 = Nocase

"2 = Match any substring in the title"

This is just one approach, but I am sure there are better ways to handle this. But maybe it's already enough for fitting your requirements?

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By the way:
Are you sure you want to set the found window to a negative X position?
Why? In case you want to hide the window, you could do it differently 😀 .

Best regards
Sven

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Edited February 18, 2022 by SOLVE-SMART

[Musashi]

 

@mininja :

Your description is a bit vague. What will be displayed when you run the following test script ? (Replace xxx.exe with the real program name)

#include <Array.au3>
Local $aWinList = WinList("[REGEXPTITLE:(?i)(.*xxx.exe.*)]")
_ArrayDisplay($aWinList)

 

[mininja]

OMG......... Ill just go back in my hole now lol. Thank you!!! 

32 minutes ago, SOLVE-SMART said:

Hi @mininja,

you already use the option WinTitleMatchMode, so just set that option to 2 😉 .

Opt("WinTitleMatchMode", 2) ; 1 = start, 2 = subStr, 3 = exact, 4 = advanced, -1 to -4 = Nocase

"2 = Match any substring in the title"

This is just one approach, but I am sure there are better ways to handle this. But maybe it's already enough for fitting your requirements?

---------------------------------

By the way:
Are you sure you want to set the found window to a negative X position?
Why? In case you want to hide the window, you could do it differently 😀 .

Best regards
Sven

________________
Stay innovative!