Method WinWait

AutoIt X

Method Reference


WinWait

Pauses execution of the script until the requested window exists

WinWait "title" [, "text" [, timeout]]

Parameters

title The title of the window to check.
text Optional: The text of the window to check.
timeout Optional: Timeout in seconds

Return Value

Success: Returns 1.
Failure: Returns 0 if timeout occurred.

Remarks

The script polls for window match every 250 milliseconds or so.

Related

WinActive, WinExists, WinWait, WinWaitActive, WinWaitClose, WinWaitDelay (Option), WinWaitNotActive

Example


Set oAutoIt = WScript.CreateObject("AutoItX3.Control")

'Wait for the window "Untitled" to exist

oAutoIt.Run "notepad.exe"
oAutoIt.WinWait "Untitled"

'Wait a maximum of 5 seconds for "Untitled" to exist
oAutoIt.WinWait "Untitled", "", 5