Method Reference (COM)

WinWaitNotActive

Pauses execution of the script until the requested window is not active.

WinWaitNotActive "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

Returns 0 if the timeout occurred, otherwise returns 1.

 

Remarks

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

 

Related

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

 

Example

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

'Wait for the window "Untitled" to not be active
oAutoIt.WinWaitNotActive "Untitled"

' Wait a maximum of 5 seconds for "Untitled" to not be active
oAutoIt.WinWaitNotActive "Untitled", "", 5