GetWindowList gets wrong window - Shift+Esc to Stop

gdyvig · Post by **gdyvig** » Fri Dec 05, 2008 7:34 pm

This problem is new to MS v11.

Here is the code:

//Get list of visible windows
Let>WF_TYPE=2
GetWindowList>VisibleWinlist
MessageModal>%VisibleWinlist%

Here is the MessageModal result:
Shift+Esc to Stop
(rest of windows)

Here is the problem: "Shift+Esc to Stop" is not a visible window.

Both v10 and v11 versions of View System Windows report this window:
65988 - TfrmMacroScript "Shift+Esc to Stop"

This broke my macro that closes all visible windows.

Gale

Post by **Marcus Tettmar** » Fri Dec 05, 2008 8:15 pm

I think it is now visible - just sized to 0x0 (it must be visible - msched is just calling win32 functions to determine whether the window is visible or not - and they tend not to lie). Arguably the command should ignore it anyway.

gdyvig · Post by **gdyvig** » Fri Dec 05, 2008 9:46 pm

What can/should we do with this window?
Can it be closed or minimized?
Will it interfere with GetActiveWindow?
Try to skip over it?

Post by **Marcus Tettmar** » Fri Dec 05, 2008 9:52 pm

I would just ignore it. Trying to close it won't do anything anyway. This does no harm:

CloseWindow>Shift+Esc To Stop

Just wondering - why/how is this breaking your existing script?

But I think internally it should just be ignored - any windows owned by msched should probably be ignored.

gdyvig · Post by **gdyvig** » Fri Dec 05, 2008 10:08 pm

I'm trying to get back to a known state in my application by closing any windows that happen to be open until I get to a target window, usually the application's main window.

I was having trouble with GetActiveWindow and CloseWindow but found that GetWindowList and taking action on the first window in the list worked for v10. My app has a window that can't be closed, but minimizing it gets it off the list. With this new window at the top of the list, I would need to take action on the second window in the list.

Post by **Marcus Tettmar** » Fri Dec 05, 2008 10:41 pm

I'll try and get this fixed - either by finding out why that window is now not hidden and hide it again or by ignoring it.

gdyvig · Post by **gdyvig** » Sat Dec 06, 2008 9:56 pm

Thanks for checking this out.

gdyvig · Post by **gdyvig** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 6:53 pm

I just tried out the lastest v11 update (build31) and confirmed the "Shift+Esc To Stop" fix works. Now the GetWindowList function behaves like it did in v10.

Thanks for the quick response!

Gale

GetWindowList gets wrong window - Shift+Esc to Stop

GetWindowList gets wrong window - Shift+Esc to Stop

What can be done with this window

Handling windows found by GetWindowList

Thank you

Shift+Esc To Stop fix confirmed