Window moves when it's in the mood???

[rjw524]

Hi,

I'm trying to move a window (it's the Volume Mixer actually) that I use a "run" command to bring up.

The window pops up in literally THE worst spot for the rest of the macro, so I worked for about an hour trying to figure out how to get it to move. Various combination of Handles/Window types, etc.

Finally, what worked best was the code I posted below which opens it, leave it open for a second or so, unsuccessfully tries to move it, closes it, THEN re-opens it and moves it. (that struck me as "wrong")...But even this is only working about 2 out of 3 times.

Is this a resource thing where for some reason the CPU is too busy and the move gets missed? Or is there a better way to code this?

Thanks,

rj

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Run>sndvol.exe
WaitReady>0
Let>WIN_USEHANDLE=0
Let>WF_TYPE=2
MoveWindow>Volume Mixer,1109,511
wait 1.0
CloseWindow>Volume Mixer
wait 0.2
Run>sndvol.exe
wait 0.5
Let>WIN_USEHANDLE=0
Let>WF_TYPE=2
MoveWindow>Volume Mixer,1109,511
wait 1.0

[JRL]

Try this: Note the asterisk at the end of "Volume Mixer". On my computer the window name is "Volume Mixer - Speakers (High Definition Audio Device)". The asterisk is a wildcard character that covers the rest of the name after "Volume Mixer".

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Run>sndvol.exe
WaitWindowOpen>Volume Mixer*
MoveWindow>Volume Mixer*,1109,511

[Marcus Tettmar]

The asterisk is a wildcard character that covers the rest of the name after "Volume Mixer".

That's not actually true. In the case of the windowing functions in Macro Scheduler the asterisk just means that a substring search should be performed. So in this example the first window whose titles CONTAINS "Volume Mixer" ANYWHERE within the title will be matched. I.e. it does NOT mean that the window title must START with Volume Mixer.

That, and more, IS possible if you want via Regular Expressions but * actually means "search for a window whose title CONTAINS the preceeding text".

[rjw524]

Hi guys,

I added a bit more time to the wait and that seemed to solve the problem. Come to think of it that speaks to both of your points, I believe.