Multiple Notepad Windows Open

[Rawox]

Hi,

Is there an possible option to open 2 notepad windows beside each other and switch between them...

Detailed Idea:

Script opens 2 notepad windows, 1 on the left of the screen and one on the right.

Script activates the first window, types some text.

Script activates second window, types some text.

etc.

Any Ideas, or simple scripts? I'm not really good with AutoIt!!

Tnx!

[Olsson]

Maybe like you said, and then look at "WinActivate" function?

[FireFox]

@Rawox

Script opens 2 notepad windows, 1 on the left of the screen and one on the right.

WinMove("[CLASS:Notepad]",'',x,y)

Script activates the first window, types some text.

WinActivate("[CLASS:Notepad]")
WinWaitActive("[CLASS:Notepad]",'',3)
ControlSend("[CLASS:Notepad]",'',15,"your text")

Cheers, FireFox.

[Rawox]

@Rawox

WinMove("[CLASS:Notepad]",'',x,y)

WinActivate("[CLASS:Notepad]")
WinWaitActive("[CLASS:Notepad]",'',3)
ControlSend("[CLASS:Notepad]",'',15,"your text")

Cheers, FireFox.

Tnx! nice Icon btw

[trinitrotoluen]

Can you code the program to open 10 notepad at the same time and type some text at the same time

[FireFox]

@trinitrotoluen

at the same time

Not possible...

Cheers, FireFox.

[trinitrotoluen]

@trinitrotoluen

Not possible...

Cheers, FireFox.

OK, Can you teach me how to switch from notepad 1 to notepad 2 then 3 ...

[Malkey]

Hi,

Is there an possible option to open 2 notepad windows beside each other and switch between them...

Detailed Idea:

Script opens 2 notepad windows, 1 on the left of the screen and one on the right.

Script activates the first window, types some text.

Script activates second window, types some text.

etc.

Any Ideas, or simple scripts? I'm not really good with AutoIt!!

Tnx!

This is an example script you can experiment with.

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#include <SendMessage.au3>
#include <WindowsConstants.au3>

Opt("WinWaitDelay", 0)

If Not WinExists('[CLASS:Notepad]') Then Run(@WindowsDir & '\Notepad.exe')
WinActivate('[CLASS:Notepad]')
WinWait('[CLASS:Notepad]')
$hRNotepad = WinGetHandle('[CLASS:Notepad]')
$iWidth = (@DesktopWidth / 2) - 10
$iHeight = (@DesktopHeight / 2)
$y = (@DesktopHeight / 4)
WinMove($hRNotepad, "", (@DesktopWidth / 2) + 5, $y, $iWidth, $iHeight)
WinSetTitle(WinGetTitle($hRNotepad), "", "R")

Run(@WindowsDir & '\Notepad.exe')
WinActivate("Untitled - ")
WinWait("Untitled - ")

$hLNotepad = WinGetHandle("Untitled - ")
$iWidth = (@DesktopWidth / 2) - 10
$iHeight = (@DesktopHeight / 2)
$y = (@DesktopHeight / 4)

WinMove($hLNotepad, "", 5, $y, $iWidth, $iHeight)
ControlSetText($hLNotepad, "", "", "Left Notepad 1st entry")

WinActivate($hRNotepad)
WinWait($hRNotepad)
Send("{ENTER}")
WinWait($hRNotepad)
ControlSend($hRNotepad, "", "", "ControlSend Right Notepad N0. 1.{ENTER}")
WinWait($hRNotepad)
Send("{ENTER}")
ControlSend($hRNotepad, "", "", "ControlSend Right Notepad No 2.{ENTER}")

WinActivate($hLNotepad)
WinWait($hLNotepad)
Send("^{END}{ENTER}")
ControlSend($hLNotepad, "", "", "ControlSend left Notepad 2nd Entry A{ENTER}B")
WinWait($hLNotepad)

WinActivate($hRNotepad)
WinWait($hRNotepad)
Send("{ENTER}")
ClipPut("ClipPut Right Notepad.")
_SendMessage($hRNotepad, $WM_COMMAND, $WM_PASTE, 0) ; $WM_PASTE, 0)
Send("{ENTER}")

WinActivate($hLNotepad)
WinWait($hLNotepad)
Send("{ENTER}")
ControlSend($hLNotepad, "", "", "Last ControlSend Left Notepad ")
WinWait($hLNotepad)
Send("^{END}{ENTER}")
WinWait($hLNotepad)
ClipPut("ClipPut left Notepad.")
Send("^v")

[FireFox]

@trinitrotoluen

I dont see other way to do that :

For $i = 1 To 4
    Run("notepad.exe")
Next

For $i = 1 To 4
    Sleep(250)
    WinActivate("[CLASS:Notepad]", '')
    WinWaitActive("[CLASS:Notepad]", '', 3)
    Send("Notepad " & $i)
    WinSetState("[CLASS:Notepad]", '', @SW_MINIMIZE)
Next

Sleep(3000)
For $i = 1 To 4
    Sleep(300)
    ProcessClose("notepad.exe")
Next

Cheers, FireFox.

[MrCreatoR]

@FireFox

Not possible...

Are you sure? i once also thought that many thing are not possible with AutoIt, but i was so wrong

Check this example.

Edited January 2, 2009 by MrCreatoR

[FireFox]

@MrCreatoR

At the same time is at the same time... you have min 1ms between 2 function so its impossible

Cheers, FireFox.

[MrCreatoR]

@MrCreatoR

At the same time is at the same time... you have min 1ms between 2 function so its impossible

Cheers, FireFox.

You have a (bad?) habit to "judge" scripts only by looking at them on the surface - Please, check first the concept/idea that someone trying to show/pass, before you say how stuff works in other's scripts ...

And actualy i have there 10 ms delay , but i could remove the sleep completely (with a "price" of CPU load), and it's not the point here... the concept here is quit simple: First we executing few scripts that waiting for the main Edit (of the "parent" GUI) to have specific data (in our case it is a Notepad Instances = 5), and when the last notepad process is executed, this data is set and then all scripts will "fire" (send) some string to the notepad that was preserved (by title) for this current script - so the bottom line here is that the strings are sent in the same time (for the human eye anyway, i don't think that we need here an atomic precision ).

[FireFox]

@MrCreatoR

You have a (bad?) habit to "judge" scripts only by looking at them on the surface wink.gif - Please, check first the concept/idea that someone trying to show/pass, before you say how stuff works in other's scripts ...

You're Right...

And actualy i have there 10 ms delay

Edit : I am not totally right

(for the human eye anyway, i don't think that we need here an atomic precision )

of course but I understand that by "the same time"

Cheers, FireFox.

Edited January 2, 2009 by FireFox

[MrCreatoR]

@FireFox

I am right

Nope, you talking about a delay between functions in the same script, and in my example it's not the case... but it's not really matter, as someone said once : “Be smart, not right” ... or something like this.

P.S

Sorry for the offtopic.

[Rawox]

Well. I can't yet got any script done...

please help

[bundyxc]

In all reality, it's theoretically impossible to do more than one thing at once, because the processor deals with things round-robin style, therefore two things can never be done at the same time.. unless you're working with multiple processors.. ;D

[MrCreatoR]

Hi,

Is there an possible option to open 2 notepad windows beside each other and switch between them...

Detailed Idea:

Script opens 2 notepad windows, 1 on the left of the screen and one on the right.

Script activates the first window, types some text.

Script activates second window, types some text.

etc.

Any Ideas, or simple scripts? I'm not really good with AutoIt!!

Tnx!

Like this perhaps:

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;============= Open Notepads part =============
$iPID1 = Run(@WindowsDir & "\Notepad.exe")
$hNotepad1 = _WinWaitByPID($iPID1)

WinMove($hNotepad1, "", 0, 0, 300, @DesktopHeight-30)

$iPID2 = Run(@WindowsDir & "\Notepad.exe")
$hNotepad2 = _WinWaitByPID($iPID2)
;============= Open Notepads part =============


;============= Set text part =============
WinMove($hNotepad2, "", @DesktopWidth-300, 0, 300, @DesktopHeight-30)

WinActivate($hNotepad1)
ControlSetText($hNotepad1, "", "Edit1", "Notepad Test 1")

WinActivate($hNotepad2)
ControlSetText($hNotepad2, "", "Edit1", "Notepad Test 2")
;============= Set text part =============

Func _WinWaitByPID($iPID, $iWaitTime=-1)
    Local $iTimer = TimerInit()
    Local $aWinList
    
    While 1
        $aWinList = WinList()
        
        For $i = 1 To $aWinList[0][0]
            If WinGetProcess($aWinList[$i][1]) = $iPID Then Return $aWinList[$i][1]
        Next
        
        If $iWaitTime > 0 And TimerDiff($iTimer) >= $iWaitTime * 1000 Then ExitLoop
    WEnd
    
    Return 0
EndFunc

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