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m1m3r
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 Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 8:54 am Post subject: Define position of a starting program or script? |
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From one script I want to run a second script, but the position of this GUI will be dynamically changed based on variables in script 1 - can this be done somehow?
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Xpos = variable1
Ypos = variable2
Run, something.exe, Xpos, Ypos
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tonne
Joined: 06 Jun 2006
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Location: Denmark
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| Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 9:00 am Post subject: |
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a.ahk:
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xpos_a = 100
ypos_a = 200
Run,b.exe %xpos_a% %ypos_a% |
b.ahk:
Compile both and start a.exe and watch b.exe tell how many parameters (%0% and the value of them %1% and %2%).
To assign to named variables:
| Code: | xpos = %1%
ypos = %2% |
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m1m3r
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| Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 9:15 am Post subject: |
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Thanks, but I accidentally left out some information in my first post - sometimes script 1 will launch other programs that are not compiled AHK scripts.
Since your solution passes xpos and ypos as variables to script 2 this can't be done to a third party application. |
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[VxE]
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| Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 8:33 pm Post subject: |
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| Code: | | Run, %a_AHKPath% "%YourSecondScript% %param1% %Param2% ... " |
That will pass parameters to YourSecondScript, and will be accessable in the that script by the built in variables %1% and %2% for params 1 and 2 respectively.
If any 3rd party apps accept parameters, you can have AHK pass them like: | Code: | | run i_view32.exe /clippaste /convert=YourScreenShot.png |
Which is an example for saving a screenshot with irfanview's kernel.
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DerRaphael
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| Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 8:43 pm Post subject: |
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External Apps might be repositioned using
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WinMove
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Changes the position and/or size of the specified window.
WinMove, X, Y
WinMove, WinTitle, WinText, X, Y [, Width, Height, ExcludeTitle, ExcludeText]
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tonne
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| Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 9:05 pm Post subject: |
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Using winmove:
| Code: | Run,notepad.exe,,,pid
WinWaitActive,ahk_pid %pid%
WinMove,ahk_pid %pid%,,1,1,400,400 |
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m1m3r
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| Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 9:10 pm Post subject: |
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| I have already tried using WinMove, but since the computer that the script will be running on is not extremely fast and some applications are rather large I had to experiment with different delays (to make sure the application was loaded) or else it did not work. |
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dandy
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| Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 2:45 am Post subject: |
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| you missed the winwaitactive part,winwaitactive waits for your app to be active,then winmove moves it to the desired position. |
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m1m3r
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| Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 10:29 am Post subject: |
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Not really, winwaitactive gives the same result as delaying the script. What I want is the application to start on a given position, not to be moved there.
Perhaps there are settings in the registry that one could use - after all, Windows itself (sometimes) remember window positions. |
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dandy
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| Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 10:33 am Post subject: |
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have you tried:
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run,myapp.exe,,hide
winwait,myapp.exe
winmove,myapp.exe |
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