Execute program and wait for showing up

Innocentus · 24th June 2007, 22:11

Dear Friends,

how can I execute an exe-File and pause the script then until the exe's program window is shown ?

Thank you very much!
With best regards
MfG
Inno

Innocentus · 24th June 2007, 22:35

Is there no way to do that?
Really no way?

Pls help!

With best regards
MfG
Inno

demiller9 · 24th June 2007, 22:43

20 minutes and already you're begging for help??

There are a couple of solutions: the first thought is that you can have a loop with FindWindow and Sleep if it is not there yet. To FindWindow you will need the window title and should have the window class. This could fail if you're not careful if, for example, the program has another copy running, or you have another program with the same title and class (explorer window open to the folder, etc). A second solution is to wait for the process to appear (look for FindProcess in the wiki to see how to do that). Third, maybe you are simply asking how to wait for the process to appear and finish, in which case ExecWait would work.

Don

Joel · 25th June 2007, 00:10

My money is on ExecWait.

Afrow UK · 25th June 2007, 09:59

ExecWait is not the solution

Quote:

pause the script until the exe's program window is shown

FindWindow in a loop is the best bet.

Stu

Innocentus · 25th June 2007, 17:33

Well, I know - it sounds rude - but could you make a primitive code example of the findwindow-loop?

Thank you very much for your help!

With best regards
MfG
Inno

Red Wine · 25th June 2007, 18:44

Check out BOTH following threads,

http://forums.winamp.com/showthread....hreadid=268418

http://forums.winamp.com/showthread....hreadid=268665

24th June 2007, 22:11	#1
Innocentus Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 12	Execute program and wait for showing up Dear Friends, how can I execute an exe-File and pause the script then until the exe's program window is shown ? Thank you very much! With best regards MfG Inno

25th June 2007, 00:10	#4
Joel Debian user (Forum King) Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Arch land Posts: 4,917	My money is on ExecWait. * PC: Intel Core 2 DUO E6550 @ 2.33 GHz with 2 GB RAM: Archlinux-i686 with MATE. * Laptop: Intel Core 2 DUO T6600 @ 2.20 GHz with 4 GB RAM: Archlinux-x86-64 with MATE.

25th June 2007, 18:44	#7
Red Wine Forum King Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ath. GR Posts: 2,078	Check out BOTH following threads, http://forums.winamp.com/showthread....hreadid=268418 http://forums.winamp.com/showthread....hreadid=268665 Quick AVI Creator - Quick and easy convert from DVD/MPEG/AVI/MKV to AVI/MP4/MKV Quick AVI Creator entirely edited with NSIS and entirely upgraded to Unicode NSIS

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24th June 2007, 22:35	#2
Innocentus Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 12	Is there no way to do that? Really no way? Pls help! With best regards MfG Inno

24th June 2007, 22:43	#3
demiller9 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dallas Posts: 462	20 minutes and already you're begging for help?? There are a couple of solutions: the first thought is that you can have a loop with FindWindow and Sleep if it is not there yet. To FindWindow you will need the window title and should have the window class. This could fail if you're not careful if, for example, the program has another copy running, or you have another program with the same title and class (explorer window open to the folder, etc). A second solution is to wait for the process to appear (look for FindProcess in the wiki to see how to do that). Third, maybe you are simply asking how to wait for the process to appear and finish, in which case ExecWait would work. Don

25th June 2007, 17:33	#6
Innocentus Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 12	Well, I know - it sounds rude - but could you make a primitive code example of the findwindow-loop? Thank you very much for your help! With best regards MfG Inno