Detecting child window

rullbandspelare · Post by **rullbandspelare** » Sat Sep 21, 2013 3:09 pm

I whant to trigger on a child window being opened.
If I open Notepad and choose "Save As" , this code triggers no matter what I put as Let>WF_TYPE=
Let>WF_TYPE=0 triggers also.
Have I missunderstood it? I thought that "Save As" was a child window. and putting Let>WF_TYPE=0 would not couse a trigger.

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Let>WF_TYPE=3
WaitWindowOpen>Save As
MessageModal>Child Window is open

I am using V14.0.14

CyberCitizen · Post by **CyberCitizen** » Mon Sep 23, 2013 2:22 am

I Just Confirmed This As Well In v14.0.14.

If The Save As Window Is Indeed A Child Window, Then Yes It Shouldn't Fire.

Hopefully Marcus Can Throw In Some Input Here.

Post by **Marcus Tettmar** » Mon Sep 23, 2013 2:27 pm

Notepad's Save As is a top level window owned by the operating system. So not a child windo. It's a system dialog.

If you look under Tools/View System Windows you will see the Save As window at the top level. Not beneath Notepad, and in fact likely nowhere near it.

rullbandspelare · Post by **rullbandspelare** » Tue Sep 24, 2013 5:15 am

Ahhhh!

I thought a child window was a window that could not exist without its parent.

Good tip to look in the System Windows!