Function Reference

WinGetState

Retrieves the state of a given window.

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

 

Parameters

title The title of the window to read.
text [optional] The text of the window to read.

 

Return Value

Success: Returns a value indicating the state of the window. Multiple values are added together so use BitAND() to examine the part you are interested in:
1 = Window exists
2 = Window is visible
4 = Windows is enabled
8 = Window is active
16 = Window is minimized
32 = Windows is maximized
Failure: Returns 0 and sets @error to 1 if the window is not found.

 

Remarks

None.

 

Related

BitAND, WinGetPos

 

Example


; Check if a new notepad window is minimized
$state = WinGetState("Untitled", "")

; Is the "minimized" value set?
If BitAnd($state, 16) Then
    MsgBox(0, "Example", "Window is minimized")
EndIf