Method Reference
WinSetState
Shows, hides, minimizes, maximizes, or restores a window
WinSetState "title", "text", flag
Parameters
| title | The title of the window to show. |
| text | The text of the window to show. |
| flag | The "show" flag of the executed program: SW_HIDE = Hide window SW_SHOW = Shows a previously hidden window SW_MINIMIZE = Minimize window SW_MAXIMIZE = Maximize window SW_RESTORE = Undoes a window minimization or maximization |
Return Value
None.Remarks
WinSetState is a replacement for the badly named WinShow function. WinShow is accepted as an alias but this may be withdrawn in the future.
If multiple windows match the criteria, the most recently active window is used.
SW_MINIMIZE and SW_MAXIMIZE even work on modal dialog windows.
Related
Example
Set oAutoIt = WScript.CreateObject("AutoItX3.Control") oAutoIt.WinSetState "Untitled -", "", oAutoIt.SW_HIDE oAutoIt.Sleep 3000 oAutoIt.WinSetState "Untitled -", "", oAutoIt.SW_SHOW