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how to detect a window is opened?

Started by A117 , Jun 14 2012 08:46 AM

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I would like to do sth. whenever a window is opened. How to write this code please? IfWinActive or WinWait did not work at all.
#1 - Posted 14 June 2012 - 08:46 AM
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IfWinExist / IfWinNotExist Checks if the specified window exists.

hope it helps
#2 - Posted 14 June 2012 - 09:27 AM
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Loop
{
	sleep 500
	WinGetActiveTitle, Title
	If Title = [color=#FF0000]Window Name[/color]
		break
}
[color=#00BF00]**Code you want when window is active**[/color]
If your right with having a loop
#3 - Posted 14 June 2012 - 09:28 AM

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first, when I said "a window", I meant "any window". So when I used IfWinActive, I would like it to have no parameters.
second, it seems I have to use the Loop, which proved there is no way to simply Detect when a window is opened. All actions so far I know are triggered by Keys. So I still do not know how to trigger the Loop function in ahk file. If I write IfWinExist, ... {... } or Loop {...}, nothing happens. :?:
#4 - Posted 15 June 2012 - 01:21 AM
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you can combine settimer with winget, list and then check the list for new items

something like:
;this section runs automatically at startup
settimer, checkForNewWindow, 100   ;every 100ms, run the label
return

checkForNewWindow:    ;the label
WinGet, id, list,,, Program Manager   ;list of windows (exclude the desktop)
if id > lastid
{  
   Tooltip, %id% windows!
   SetTimer, ClearTooltip, -2000
}
lastid := id    ;always keep up to date
Return

ClearTooltip:
Tooltip
Return

i alsmot made it have a msgbox, but that would add a new window and act recursively!
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you can combine settimer with winget, list and then check the list for new items

something like:

;this section runs automatically at startup
settimer, checkForNewWindow, 100   ;every 100ms, run the label
return

checkForNewWindow:    ;the label
WinGet, id, list,,, Program Manager   ;list of windows (exclude the desktop)
if id > lastid
{  
  WinMaximize
}
lastid := id    ;always keep up to date
Return

i alsmot made it have a msgbox, but that would add a new window and act recursively!

I changed it as above. nothing happened.
My workaround below does not work either.
settimer, checkForNewWindow, 1000   ;every 1s, run the label
;return

checkForNewWindow:    ;the label
WinWait,,,,Program Manager
;WinGet, id, list,,, Program Manager   ;list of windows (exclude the desktop)
;if id > lastid
;{
WinMaximize
;}
Return

#6 - Posted 15 June 2012 - 02:38 AM
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it seems engunneer's script needs #persistent

but as he said, you have to combine with the method above. heres the example that will trigger whenever a new notepad window is opened:

#persistent

   ;this section runs automatically at startup

   settimer, checkForNewWindow, 100   ;every 100ms, run the label

return

checkForNewWindow:    ;the label
   WinGet, id, list,,, Program Manager   ;list of windows (exclude the desktop)
   if (id > lastid)
   {  
      WinGetActiveTitle, Title
      If InStr(Title, "Notepad") {
         msgbox, new notepad window opened
      }
   }
   lastid := id    ;always keep up to date
Return

#7 - Posted 15 June 2012 - 05:05 AM
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it seems engunneer's script needs #persistent

but as he said, you have to combine with the method above. heres the example that will trigger whenever a new notepad window is opened:

#persistent

   ;this section runs automatically at startup

   settimer, checkForNewWindow, 100   ;every 100ms, run the label

return

checkForNewWindow:    ;the label
   WinGet, id, list,,, Program Manager   ;list of windows (exclude the desktop)
   if (id > lastid)
   {  
      WinGetActiveTitle, Title
      If InStr(Title, "Notepad") {
         msgbox, new notepad window opened
      }
   }
   lastid := id    ;always keep up to date
Return

settimer just seems not working at all for me. Windows 8
#8 - Posted 15 June 2012 - 07:01 AM
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here is simple settimer test

SetTimer, popup, 3000
msgbox, timer started!
return

popup:
Msgbox Pop!
Return

Esc::ExitApp

does this do anything? is there icon for running script?
#9 - Posted 15 June 2012 - 10:49 AM
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actually I'm using the current AutoHotkey_L on win 8. the simple test does not work for me
begging part of my ahk
#s::Run "c:\WINDOWS\system32\sndvol32.exe"

;#persistent
SetTimer,checkForNewWindow,1000
msgbox, timer started!
return

checkForNewWindow:
         msgbox,new notepad window opened
Return
#PgUp::WinMaximize,A

#10 - Posted 16 June 2012 - 02:24 AM
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Move your #s hot key to the end?
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Move your #s hot key to the end?

yes. why? there should be some place telling me settimer must be the first in the script. Or did I just miss it?
Thank you all very much.
#12 - Posted 18 June 2012 - 05:56 AM
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actually I'm using the current AutoHotkey_L on win 8. the simple test does not work for me
begging part of my ahk

#s::Run "c:\WINDOWS\system32\sndvol32.exe"

;#persistent
SetTimer,checkForNewWindow,1000
msgbox, timer started!
return

checkForNewWindow:
         msgbox,new notepad window opened
Return
#PgUp::WinMaximize,A


put the 'simple test' in its OWN script and run it to test this first and let us know

do not put it on top at the beginning of your script because its likely that your script is buggy.
#14 - Posted 18 June 2012 - 02:29 PM
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#Persistent

DllCall("RegisterShellHookWindow", "UInt", A_ScriptHWND)

OnMessage(DllCall("RegisterWindowMessage", "Str","SHELLHOOK"), "ShellMessage" )

Return



ShellMessage(wParam, lParam) {

    global createdWindowTitle

    If wParam = 1

        WinGetTitle, createdWindowTitle, ahk_id %lParam%

    SetTimer, ToolTip, -10

}



ToolTip:

    ToolTip, %createdWindowTitle%

    return

#15 - Posted 26 June 2012 - 04:26 AM
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