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LazyLarry
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Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2006 4:59 pm Post subject: Run Notepad / On Top / but not steal focus

I looked at the Help, and search but did not find a way to run a text file, in Notepad and stay on top but not take the focus away from the active window. Maybe I am missing something simpleL

Decarlo110

Joined: 15 Dec 2004
Posts: 303
Location: United States

Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2006 5:19 pm Post subject:

Try:

Code:

SetTitleMatchMode 2
Run, C:\some_folder\my_file.txt, , Hide
WinWait my_file.txt
WinShow
WinSet Topmost
return

Code:

SetTitleMatchMode 2
Run, <notepad_directory_path>\Notepad.exe "my_file.txt", , Hide
WinWait my_file.txt
WinShow
WinSet Topmost
return

untested
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Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2006 3:19 am Post subject: Re: Run Notepad / On Top / but not steal focus

This works...

my file.txt wrote:

my file

np aot nf.ahk wrote:

Code:

F7::
File=my file.txt
Program=notepad

if Program
Program:=Program " "
Run, %Program%%File%, , hide, pid ; pid not available when running file
DetectHiddenWindows, on
WinWait, ahk_pid %pid%
WinSet, AlwaysOnTop
WinMove, , , % A_ScreenWidth-200, 100, 200, % A_ScreenHeight-200
WinShow
return

F8::Reload

Chris...

I originally designed it to not require a Program, but without it AHK can't find the pid?...is there any way for you to try & acquire the pid when "running a file"?
When the code was...

Code:

F7::
File=my file.txt
;Program=notepad

Run, %Program% %File%, , hide, pid
;...etc...

...I get an error about the space between "%Program%" & "%File%" (when I remove it it works), but when it's...

Code:

F7::
File=my file.txt
Program=notepad

Run, %Program%%File%, , hide, pid
;...etc...

...it don't work without the space, (if I add it back, it works, but...) the only way to make it happy (in both cases) is like I did with the "iffy" space addition...can this be improved at all?...of course I ended up always needing a Program, but if the 1st bullet point can be fixed, then this matters again.

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Chris
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Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2006 4:27 pm Post subject: Re: Run Notepad / On Top / but not steal focus

JSLover wrote:

without [an explicit exe file] AHK can't find the pid

This is a documented limitation: "The variable will be made blank if the PID could not be determined, which usually happens if a system verb, document, or shortcut is launched rather than a direct executable file."

Since I don't know any way to improve on it yet, the script would have to discover the PID some other way, such as WinGet.

JSLover wrote:

the only way to make it happy (in both cases) is like I did with the "iffy" space addition...can this be improved at all?

It could be improved by omitted whitespace when passing the command line to the API for launching. However, I think this would break any script that relies on the ability to launch files whose names start with spaces.

Last edited by Chris on Sat Jan 07, 2006 12:47 am; edited 1 time in total

Decarlo110

Joined: 15 Dec 2004
Posts: 303
Location: United States

Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2006 5:07 pm Post subject:

The code i gave works also, it was just missing the following line at the top:

Code:

DetectHiddenWindows on

i occasionally forget script settings when posting since i have the habit of letting my auto-execute take care of the common settings. (i use my .ini file for all my scripts)
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