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Explosm69

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Posted: 9th Oct 2010 06:04

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I was wondering if there is any plugins that include executables, for example lets say your command says

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id=execute executable("notepad.exe","","")
while executable running(id)=1
 if spacekey()=1 then stop executable id
endwhile

yet you don't want to actually execute it, just locate the executable if it is running. probaly looking something like this

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id=find executable("notepad.exe","","")
while executable running(id)=1
 if spacekey()=1 then stop executable id
endwhile

If anyone has a clue on if there is a plugin like that please tell me. I would say what im working on but that'll just you know...

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Rudolpho

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Posted: 9th Oct 2010 13:57 Edited at: 9th Oct 2010 14:00

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#constant user32          1

load dll "user32.dll", user32
print "Notepad window exists: " + str$(windowExist("Notepad"))
wait key
end


function windowExist(windowCaption as string)
    if call dll(user32, "FindWindowA", "", windowCaption) > 0
        exitfunction 1
    endif
endfunction 0

Not quite what you were looking for I guess, but maybe it'll do?

Edit: the dll call will return the window handle, which according to the help files is likely what is used with the stop executable / etc. functions.

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Explosm69

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Posted: 9th Oct 2010 20:29 Edited at: 9th Oct 2010 20:40

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Doesn't Work

at least for me

[Edit] If there is no plugin for it, then how do you make plugins?

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IanM

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Posted: 10th Oct 2010 00:34

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The problem with searching for notepad by using the window name is that the window name changes when you have a file open in notepad.

What you can do instead is check to see if the window class for notepad exists - luckily, the class itself is named 'Notepad', so it's something unique-ish to search for.

Here's some code (requires one of my plug-ins for it to compile):

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sync off
sync on
sync sleep 1
sync rate 10

do
   cls
   set cursor 0, 0
   if IsNotepadRunning() = 1
      print "Notepad is running"
   else
      print "Notepad is not running"
   endif
   sync
loop

function IsNotepadRunning()
   local hwnd as dword
   
   hwnd = first window()
   while hwnd <> 0
      if window class(hwnd) = "Notepad" then exitfunction 1
      hwnd = next window()
   endwhile
endfunction 0

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