I'm using WorkRave rest reminder and want to turn off my screen when the rest window appears. I know how to turn it off.
How create an event when specified window (#IfWinActive ahk_class ...) appears?
Also, can i bind % symbol? {%} doesn't work, instead of other ones.
To have an instant notification of a window appearing, use a Shell Hook. This is sometimes so fast that autohotkey can react before you even see the window yourself.
A shell hook is demonstrated on the AutoHotkey Forum.
An example with your usage (almost copied verbatim from the forum post):
#Persistent
SetBatchLines, -1
Process, Priority,, High
Gui +LastFound
hWnd := WinExist()
DllCall( "RegisterShellHookWindow", UInt,hWnd )
MsgNum := DllCall( "RegisterWindowMessage", Str,"SHELLHOOK" )
OnMessage( MsgNum, "ShellMessage" )
Return
ShellMessage( wParam,lParam )
{
If ( wParam = 1 ) ; HSHELL_WINDOWCREATED := 1
{
WinGetTitle, Title, ahk_id %lParam%
If ( Title = "WorkRest" )
WinClose, ahk_id %lParam% ; close it immideately
}
}
If you want to use a literal % symbol in a command, escape it with AutoHotkey's escape character, the backtick ` (on the same key as ~ on a US keyboard) like so:
MsgBox You are 200`% awesome!
Romale,
You can try this, but since I don't use WorkRave, I can't test it.
; This next line needs to be added at the top of the AHK file, so it will be started as soon as AHK starts.
; Every 120000 ms, it will launch the "WorkRave:" script to check if a window with WorkRave exists.
SetTimer, WorkRave,120000 ; Run WorkRaveTester every 2 minutes = 120000
; Somewhere else in the AHK file.....
WorkRave: ; This is the label for the WorkRave script
SetTitleMatchMode, 2 ; 2 = Matches the string WorkRave anywhere in the window title of IfWinExist
IfWinExist, WorkRave ; When WorkRave window exists
{
TrayTip, WorkRave, Started ,1 ; Or whatever you want to do here....
}
Return
