# WinWait[Not]Active

Waits until the specified window is active or not active.

    WinWaitActive , WinTitle, WinText, Timeout, ExcludeTitle, ExcludeText
    WinWaitNotActive , WinTitle, WinText, Timeout, ExcludeTitle, ExcludeText

## Parameters

WinTitle

  A window title or other criteria identifying the target window. See WinTitle.

WinText

  If present, this parameter must be a substring from a single text element of the target window (as revealed by the included Window Spy utility). Hidden text elements are detected if DetectHiddenText is ON.

Timeout

  How many seconds to wait before timing out and setting ErrorLevel to 1. Leave blank to allow the command to wait indefinitely. Specifying 0 is the same as specifying 0.5. This parameter can be an expression.

ExcludeTitle

  Windows whose titles include this value will not be considered.

ExcludeText

  Windows whose text include this value will not be considered.

## ErrorLevel

ErrorLevel is set to 1 if the command timed out or 0 otherwise.

## Remarks

If a matching window satisfies the command's expectation, the command will not wait for Timeout to expire. Instead, it will immediately set ErrorLevel to 0 and the script will continue executing.

Both WinWaitActive and WinWaitNotActive will update the Last Found Window if a qualified window is active when the command begins. In addition, WinWaitActive will update the Last Found Window if a qualified window becomes active before the command times out.

While the command is in a waiting state, new threads can be launched via hotkey, custom menu item, or timer.

If another thread changes the contents of any variable(s) that were used for this command's parameters, the command will not see the change -- it will continue to use the title and text that were originally present in the variables when the command first started waiting.

Window titles and text are case sensitive. Hidden windows are not detected unless DetectHiddenWindows has been turned on.

## Related

WinWait, WinWaitClose, WinExist() / IfWinExist, WinActive() / IfWinActive, SetTitleMatchMode, DetectHiddenWindows

## Examples

#1

    Run, notepad.exe
    WinWaitActive, Untitled - Notepad, , 2
    if ErrorLevel
    {
        MsgBox, WinWait timed out.
        return
    }
    else
        WinMinimize  ; minimize the window found by WinWaitActive.