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Opened 11 years ago

Closed 11 years ago

#2627 closed Bug (No Bug)

WinExists not working on Windows 8

Reported by: Daniel.Paquette@… Owned by:
Milestone: Component: AutoIt
Version: 3.3.8.1 Severity: None
Keywords: WinExists Cc:

Description

The following code works fine on windows 7 (32 and 64 bit), but fails on Windows 8 64 bit.

;Test for seeing if we can see notepad
;NotepadTest.au3
Opt("WinTitleMatchMode", 2)

DIM $CompletionWindowStr = "Untitled - Notepad"

$WaitCompleteResult = WinExists($CompletionWindowStr)
If ($WaitCompleteResult = 1) Then
	MsgBox(1,"Info", "Notepad found", 30)
Else
	MsgBox(1,"Info", "Notepad NOT found", 30)
EndIf

Exit

Test setup is open notepad, then run the above compiled program.
Under windows 7 notepad is found.
Under windows 8.0 it is not.

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comment:1 Changed 11 years ago by anonymous

I found a workaround, here it is:
;Test for seeing if we can see notepad
;NotepadTest.au3
DIM $CompletionWindowStr = "Untitled - Notepad"
;$WaitCompleteResult = WinExists($CompletionWindowStr)
$WaitCompleteResult = WinExists("[CLASS:Notepad]")
If ($WaitCompleteResult = 1) Then

MsgBox(1,"Info", "Notepad found", 30)

Else

MsgBox(1,"Info", "Notepad NOT found", 30)

EndIf
Exit

comment:2 Changed 11 years ago by BrewManNH

Does the Notepad window have the same title as it did in previous versions of windows?

comment:3 Changed 11 years ago by Jon

Works fine here. Windows 8 x64.

comment:4 Changed 11 years ago by Jpm

  • Resolution set to No Bug
  • Status changed from new to closed

It is true that Win8 and 7 introduce a non-breaking blank in the title

"CLASS:Notepad" is better mainly when using non english windows

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