WinActivate not activating gvim window

[ajkessel]

I have a very simple function that either executes and activates a program or activates the window if it's already open. It works fine with most commands, but for gvim.exe it never gains focus automatically -- I have to click on the new window. I've tried adding delay before WinWait with no success. Oddly, it does work as expected with several other processes, just not gvim.exe. What am I missing?

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RunActivate(x,y := "")
{
   if (y == "" ) {
      SplitPath(x,&y)
   }
   if WinExist(y) {
      WinActivate 
   } else {
      Run x,,,&id
      WinWait "ahk_pid " . id
      WinActivate "ahk_pid " . id
   }
}

[mikeyww]

A process name is actually not a WinTitle. Have a look at the documentation.

Some programs do not return a PID with the Run command, or the PID may change.

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#Requires AutoHotkey v2.0
pf86 := EnvGet('ProgramFiles(x86)')
app  := pf86 "\Vim\vim90\gvim.exe"
If !FileExist(app)
 MsgBox 'File not found.`n`n' app, 'Error', 48

F3::runActivate(app), SoundBeep(1500)

runActivate(filePath, winTitle := "") {
 (!winTitle) && (SplitPath(filePath, &fn), winTitle := 'ahk_exe' fn)
 If WinExist(winTitle)
  WinActive() ? WinMinimize() : WinActivate()
 Else Run filePath
}

[ajkessel]

Thanks for setting me straight. I also just learned there is now a Vim 9.0!