IfWindowOpen always return true

cgaston · Post by **cgaston** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 3:16 am

I do not want the OR Manager application to be running when I launch a macro. So, i used the following code:

IfWindowOpen>OR Manager*,STOP,CONTINUE
Label>STOP
Show>CloseOR,Close
GoTo>End
Label>CONTINUE
...
...

Altough OR Manager is not running, The dialog "CloseOR" is getting displayed all the times.

Five lines of code, and I cannot see what is wrong. That drives me crazy!

Gaston.

Bob Hansen · Post by **Bob Hansen** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 3:51 am

Remove the line for SHOW>
Show> is used to display Dialog Windows created with Macro Scheduler.

You may want to use:

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WindowAction>3,OR Manager

to close that window, but it might be safer to set focus to the window and exit the program normally instead.

cgaston · Post by **cgaston** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 4:40 pm

Hi Bob,

I use the SHOW> command to display a dialog box that will say "You must exit OR Manager before running this Macro.", with two buttons:

1- Cancel - Terminate the script
2- Continue - Assume the user have terminated OR Manager, then Continue

I could have used a MessageModal as well, but that still do not explain why the damn IfWindowOpen command return TRUE.

Thank you,

Gaston.

Bob Hansen · Post by **Bob Hansen** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 4:54 pm

Oops, I misread your message.

I am unable to duplicate problem. Never show Dialog. Log file does not show script going to STOP.

Can't see how dialog would impact, but can you provide Dialog>CloseOR code also?

Maybe entire script should be provided in case other sections are causing this.

cgaston · Post by **cgaston** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 9:56 pm

I have another clue:

If I replace IfWindowOpen>OR Manager*,
for IfWindowOpen>vvhjviava*,
it works fine.

So, that means that MS is really "seeing" a window named "OR Manager...".

That window is hidden to me. Is there a way to determine where it is coming from?

The complete code is as follows:

Dialog>FermerOR
Caption=OR Manager est Ouvert!
Top=174
Width=384
Left=141
Height=191
Label=Vous avez dÃƒÂ©jÃƒÂ une session OR Manager d'ouverte.%CRLF%%CRLF%Vous devez fermer OR Manager avant de continuer.,64,32
Button=Continuer,88,104,75,25,1
Button=Annuler,224,104,75,25,2
EndDialog>FermerOR

IfWindowOpen>OR Manager*,STOP,CONTINUE
Label>STOP
SetFocus>OR Manager*
Show>FermerOR,Fermer
If>Fermer=2
GoTo>Fin
EndIf

Label>CONTINUE

Gaston.

Bob Hansen · Post by **Bob Hansen** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 10:22 pm

Have not really read your last message totally, am on the run, but now suspect that because OR is a boolean operator that it may be causing the problem.

Try making the window name a variable and using that variable in the IfWindowOpen> command to eliminate using OR anywhere other than defining the variable.......

Me_again · Post by **Me_again** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 11:13 pm

I don't know if there is something special about the way that program has to be closed, but if not you could just PSKILL it http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/pskill.shtml In my experience PSKILL doesn't cause an error if the program isn't open so you can just routinely call it from the script.

Bob Hansen · Post by **Bob Hansen** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 12:08 am

I tried the full script that you provided and I never see the Dialog. I looked at a log script and the Show> command is never called.

Here is my log:
1/25/2005 18:41:33:890 - Started Macro : test
1/25/2005 18:41:33:940 - Dialog>FermerOR
1/25/2005 18:41:34:000 -
1/25/2005 18:41:34:000 - IfWindowOpen>OR Manager*,STOP,CONTINUE
1/25/2005 18:41:34:000 - Goto>End (I added this under the CONTINUE label).
1/25/2005 18:41:34:050 - Finished Macro : test
=========================

Your original problem was:

Altough OR Manager is not running, The dialog "CloseOR" is getting displayed all the times.

Am I missing something? I have still not seen the Dialog appear.

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1. I just tried to Single Step through the script and got invalid pointer error message on line IfWindowOpen>.
I added Let>LookFor=OR Manager* and modified script to

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Let>LookFor=OR Manager*
IfWindowOpen>%LookFor%,STOP,CONTINUE

and error message went away. This seems to confirm my earlier suspicion that OR is being interpreted as an operator. I suspect the error is allowing the script to continue vs. branching.

2. I also found that there was a trailing space after "Label>CONTINUE ". I had to remove the trailing space to go to CONTINUE properly.

cgaston · Post by **cgaston** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 2:16 am

Hi Bob,

Thank you for your patience.

The idea to use the LookFor variable did not change anything to my problem.

However, I think that your suspicion that OR is being interpreted as an operator still deserve the grand prize.

The full window title is "OR Manager - Live Database"

So, I changed my IfWindowOpen>OR Manager
for IfWindowOpen>Live Database and then this little thing got happy
as ever!

I am puzzled about the fact that you did not experienced the problem. It could be the environment. I am running MS Pro version 7.3.06 under Windows 2000.

In any case, you've been of great help. Thanks again.

Gaston.