Author Topic: how to get to a dialog window that won't come into focus by using the keyboard? (Read 22,252 times)

cranioscopical · « **Reply #25 on:** May 14, 2010, 04:18 PM »

Quote from: nudone on May 14, 2010, 04:11 PM

is there no end to this quest?

Yes, it's "ion".

Good luck with WiLMA, it seems a good match with your layout.
(You may find you have to suspend AWM in some cases but that can be automatic.)

Thanks for all the info you're posting here. You're on an interesting journey.

nudone · « **Reply #26 on:** May 14, 2010, 04:27 PM »

i'm glad someone else is finding it interesting.

when you say AWM can be suspended automatically, do you mean it will suspend operation when a specific window has focus? i'd seen how you can set rules/exclusions but not a "global" kind of suspend.

lanux128 · « **Reply #27 on:** May 14, 2010, 04:28 PM »

also there is a Actual Window Manager mini review by tranglos.

nudone · « **Reply #28 on:** May 14, 2010, 04:42 PM »

Quote from: lanux128 on May 14, 2010, 04:28 PM

also there is a Actual Window Manager mini review by tranglos.

oh right. i didn't know that either. i must have brushed past it when i wasn't after such a tool. thanks, lanux128.

cranioscopical · « **Reply #29 on:** May 14, 2010, 05:11 PM »

Quote from: nudone on May 14, 2010, 04:27 PM

when you say AWM can be suspended automatically, do you mean it will suspend operation when a specific window has focus? i'd seen how you can set rules/exclusions but not a "global" kind of suspend.

Oh, sorry, no.
I meant only that you, yourself, could set up however you call WiLMA to switch off AWM.

nudone · « **Reply #30 on:** May 14, 2010, 05:14 PM »

oh right. that's intersting though. if WiLMA can disable things then that does open up possibilities.

cranioscopical · « **Reply #31 on:** May 14, 2010, 05:22 PM »

Quote from: nudone on May 14, 2010, 05:14 PM

oh right. that's intersting though. if WiLMA can disable things then that does open up possibilities.

Oh dear, sorry again, I must learn to express myself better.

I don't think WiLMA will do that, so you'd just call WiLMA by launching something (of your own): step 1 stop AWM, step 2 start WiLMA -- batch file, a line or two of ahk, whatever. You'll need to see if you need that, and what if any interactions you have on your system, and what works best for you.

nudone · « **Reply #32 on:** May 14, 2010, 05:28 PM »

oooohhh. i see. well, thanks for clarifying that.

lanux128 · « **Reply #33 on:** May 29, 2010, 05:14 AM »

this is a newer version of this script. the changes are ini file support for adding new windows/dialogs to be watched and tray menu customization. please give it a try.

nudone · « **Reply #34 on:** May 31, 2010, 10:18 AM »

thanks very much, lanux128.

i've commented out the tooltip in the loop as it wouldn't stop floating around my cursor when it appeared.

is it a complicate addition to make the loop perform different actions depending on which window is activated?

currently it works fine for me - as the "Yes" button is always the one to click in the dialogs used. but i expect this will not always be the case.

here's the current script.

Code: (autoit)

#Persistent
#SingleInstance force
#NoEnv
;#NoTrayIcon
SetBatchLines, -1
SetTitleMatchMode, 2	; partial title match
SetWorkingDir, %A_ScriptDir%
DetectHiddenWindows, Off ; they are hidden for a reason..

Gosub, Get_INI              ; go to INI section
IfExist, %TrayIcon%         ;TrayMenu Customisation
  Menu, Tray, Icon, %TrayIcon%
  Menu, Tray, Tip, Activate the specified window/dialog whenever it appears.
SetTimer, ActivateMe, 500   ; timer starts - increase or decrease the value as necessary
Return

ActivateMe:
;parse and auto-activate
Loop, Parse, WatchThese, |
{
	;Tooltip, %A_LoopField%
	IfWinExist %A_LoopField%
	{    
		WinActivate    ;do something here like press the ok button
		ControlClick, Yes
		;sleep for a while - good for cpu cycle
		Sleep, 2000
	}
}
Return

Get_INI:
If (!FileExist("ActivateDialogs.ini")) ;if the ini file doesn't exist, create it with the info below
{
	FileAppend, [Settings]`nWatchThese=File has changed ahk_class #32770|Delete Shortcut ahk_class #32770`nTrayIcon=Application-warn.ico, ActivateDialogs.ini
}

IniRead,WatchThese,ActivateDialogs.ini,Settings,WatchThese
IniRead,TrayIcon,ActivateDialogs.ini,Settings,TrayIcon

Return

lanux128 · « **Reply #35 on:** June 01, 2010, 02:49 AM »

Quote from: nudone on May 31, 2010, 10:18 AM

thanks very much, lanux128.

i've commented out the tooltip in the loop as it wouldn't stop floating around my cursor when it appeared.

is it a complicate addition to make the loop perform different actions depending on which window is activated?

currently it works fine for me - as the "Yes" button is always the one to click in the dialogs used. but i expect this will not always be the case.

ah, apologies for the tooltip, it's a left-over debug tool..

yes you can perform different actions based on the activated window, put something like this in the inner loop (lines 24-27).

Code: (autoit)

If A_LoopField = metapad ahk_class metapad
    MsgBox The metapad window is detected.
Else If A_LoopField = ahk_class notepad
{
	;notepad window - let's do something else
	WinActivate
	;do something else
}

nudone · « **Reply #36 on:** June 01, 2010, 08:03 AM »

thanks, lanux128. that works great. i think that is going to come in very handy now.

lanux128 · « **Reply #37 on:** June 01, 2010, 08:48 AM »

you're welcome..

Author Topic: how to get to a dialog window that won't come into focus by using the keyboard? (Read 22,252 times)

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