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Posted: **Thu Apr 20, 2023 8:08 am**

Hi

I'm new with PureBasic and wonder, if there exists a fuction (or a simple solution) which checks to see if a specified window exists?

In the past years, I worked a lot with AutoIt Script. But I was impressed of PureBasic and want to give it a try. I don't want to compare AutoIt with PureBasic, but simply as an example, in AutoIt, there exists a function for that:

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WinExists ( "title" [, "text"] )

Thanks for any tipps.
Regards
Roman

Posted: **Thu Apr 20, 2023 8:17 am**

Hi, you can use something like that:

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Procedure FindPartialWindow(part$)
  r=GetWindow_(GetDesktopWindow_(),#GW_CHILD)
  Repeat
    t$=Space(999) : GetWindowText_(r,t$,999)
    If FindString(t$,part$,1)<>0
      w=r
    Else
      r=GetWindow_(r,#GW_HWNDNEXT)
    EndIf
  Until r=0 Or w<>0
  ProcedureReturn w
EndProcedure

Debug FindPartialWindow("PartOfWindowName")

Posted: **Thu Apr 20, 2023 8:31 am**

Welcome to PB

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If FindWindow_(0,"Title Text")
  Debug "The Window exist"
Else
  Debug "Not found"
EndIf

Posted: **Thu Apr 20, 2023 8:44 am**

Wow. Thanks to RASHAD and Caronte3D

Now, I have a solution for partial as well as for full window title string.
That's an enjoyable start to PureBasic.

Regards

Posted: **Thu Apr 20, 2023 8:45 am**

PureBasic > AutoIt. Anything AutoIt can do, so can PureBasic; and more. Welcome to the forum!

Posted: **Thu Apr 20, 2023 9:23 am**

Caronte3D wrote: Thu Apr 20, 2023 8:17 am Hi, you can use something like that:

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Procedure FindPartialWindow(part$)
  r=GetWindow_(GetDesktopWindow_(),#GW_CHILD)
  Repeat
    t$=Space(999) : GetWindowText_(r,t$,999)
    If FindString(t$,part$,1)<>0
      w=r
    Else
      r=GetWindow_(r,#GW_HWNDNEXT)
    EndIf
  Until r=0 Or w<>0
  ProcedureReturn w
EndProcedure

Debug FindPartialWindow("PartOfWindowName")

But I can see I'm still at the very beginning of the learning curve; How can I bring the found window permanently to the foreground? The found window doesn't seem to be "initialized"?

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StickyWindow(FindPartialWindow("myWindow"), #True)

I assume, "StickyWindows()" expects that this window is created (and initialised) by PureBasic itself? But it isn't, I wanted to find a windows from another application.

Posted: **Thu Apr 20, 2023 9:31 am**

Use:

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SetWindowPos_(FindPartialWindow("myWindow"),#HWND_TOPMOST,0,0,0,0,#SWP_NOMOVE|#SWP_NOSIZE)

Posted: **Thu Apr 20, 2023 9:35 am**

You should understand The PureBasic window number isn't the same as Window Handle.

Posted: **Thu Apr 20, 2023 9:37 am**

Caronte3D wrote: Thu Apr 20, 2023 9:31 am Use:
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SetWindowPos_(FindPartialWindow("myWindow"),#HWND_TOPMOST,0,0,0,0,#SWP_NOMOVE|#SWP_NOSIZE)

Thanks, that worked!

By the way; why can I not find some functions in the help (*.chm) file? For example, I can't find this functions in the help:

GetWindow_()
GetDesktopWindow_()
SetWindowPos_()

Are the "_"-underscore functions somehow external or public work?

Posted: **Thu Apr 20, 2023 9:40 am**

The underscore means Windows functions, you can search on the windows API:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windo ... -getwindow

Posted: **Thu Apr 20, 2023 9:42 am**

Caronte3D wrote: Thu Apr 20, 2023 9:40 am You should understand The PureBasic window number isn't the same as Window Handle.

The underscore means Windows functions, you can search on the windows API:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windo ... -getwindow

Thanks a lot. I appreciate the valuable help from all of you.

Posted: **Thu Apr 20, 2023 9:44 am**

This forum is very helpful, you will get comfortably instantly with PB

Posted: **Thu Apr 20, 2023 9:50 am**

BarryG wrote: Thu Apr 20, 2023 8:45 am PureBasic > AutoIt. Anything AutoIt can do, so can PureBasic; and more. Welcome to the forum!

I hope that!
I can't expect that PureBasic will deliver all the comparable functions of AutoIt, there will certainly be "only" a more or less big overlap (and vica-versa).
But AutoIt also has pretty strong functions and features and strengths. Since I don't know PureBasic, I don't know where PureBasic is "superior" to AutoIt?
(One of them probably speed...?)

Posted: **Thu Apr 20, 2023 10:07 am**

Autoit! is more "High level" a tool, but PureBasic is a general purpose languaje, more "Low level", so you have more freedom to do anything.

Posted: **Thu Apr 20, 2023 11:44 am**

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