Method Reference (COM)

WinWaitClose

Pauses execution of the script until the requested window does not exist.

WinWaitClose "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

If the window already doesn't exist when this function is called it will return 0 immediately. The window is polled every 250 milliseconds or so.

 

Related

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

 

Example

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

'Wait for the window "Untitled" to not exist
oAutoIt.WinWaitClose "Untitled"

'Wait a maximum of 5 seconds for "Untitled" to not exist
oAutoIt.WinWaitClose "Untitled", "", 5