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I want to be able to search all windows for schedule task

 
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 03, 2006 5:57 pm    Post subject: I want to be able to search all windows for schedule task Reply with quote
I run a scheduled ahk task at the end of the day. Prior to running, it closes out any window titles which match the wintitle name of the process (so as to not ruin the sequence...ie. login, then do a,b,c,etc...)

However, searching merely by wintitle is both inefficient and sometimes inaccurate. You may close and e-mail that has the specified search text closed by accident.

So in this case I would like to first search by process name first, Then cycle through all the wintitles in that process to close out those windows only. This ensure I don't close the wrong type of window by accident.

For this example let's say I want to close out all websites with a wintitle of "msn.com" in process name <IEXPLORE.EXE> (Literal process name for any internet app).

How would I code this?

Thanks in advance.
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 04, 2006 2:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I think you would:

Code:
WinGet, WinList, List
Loop, %WinList%
{
  Hwnd := WinList%a_Index%
  WinGet, ProcName, ProcessName, ahk_id %Hwnd%
  MsgBox, %ProcName%
}
return


That's an example which shows the processname for all visible windows (assuming you have the default "detecthiddenwindows, off"). You can compare instead of using msgbox.

If you do know part of the window title you want, in the first line, the 3rd parameter can be that. It must be correct case and SetTitleMatchMode must be set correctly.

So, the way I know to do it would require searching windows first, then processes... I noticed you have in bold, searching processes first.

Hope that helps,

Bob
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