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== Description ==
== Description ==


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FindWindow $0 "STUDIO"
FindWindow $0 "STUDIO"
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Page author: [[User:Jan|Jan]]

Revision as of 02:57, 30 April 2005

Author: Jan (talk, contrib)


Description

Detect if an application is running and close it. Requires a valid Windows Class Name, which can be detected with tools like Win32Spy.

Function Code

Function CloseWindow
  Push $0
  loop:
  FindWindow $0 "MyWindow" ;insert Windows Class Name
  IntCmp $0 0 done
    SendMessage $0 16 0 0
    Sleep 100
    Goto loop
  done:
  Pop $0
FunctionEnd

Examples

To detect and close Winamp (1.x, 2.x, 5.x) use the following script.

Function CloseWinamp
  Push $0
  loop:
  FindWindow $0 "Winamp v1.x"
  IntCmp $0 0 done
    SendMessage $0 16 0 0
    Sleep 100
    Goto loop
  done:
  Pop $0
FunctionEnd

To close Winamp 3.x, use

FindWindow $0 "STUDIO"