Method Reference (COM)

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 oAutoIt.error to 1 if the window is not found.

 

Remarks

None.

 

Related

BitAND, WinGetPos

 

Example

Set oAutoIt = WScript.CreateObject("AutoItX3.Control")
state = oAutoIt.WinGetState "Untitled", ""