# WinWait

Waits until the specified window exists.

    WinWait , WinTitle, WinText, Timeout, ExcludeTitle, ExcludeText

## Parameters

WinTitle

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

  WinTitle may be blank only when WinText, ExcludeTitle, or ExcludeText is present.

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 comes into existence, the command will not wait for Timeout to expire. Instead, it will immediately set ErrorLevel to 0, update the Last Found Window, and the script will continue executing.

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

WinWaitActive, WinWaitClose, WinExist() / IfWinExist, WinActive() / IfWinActive, Process, SetTitleMatchMode, DetectHiddenWindows

## Examples

#1

    Run, notepad.exe
    WinWait, Untitled - Notepad, , 3
    if ErrorLevel
    {
        MsgBox, WinWait timed out.
        return
    }
    else
        WinMinimize  ; Minimize the window found by WinWait.