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[DanTheMan]

Having probs with the @winexists() func. For me it seemes to work
for parent instaces only, not on child window ?. When using the Spy utility
and the SPYxx (Microsoft utility) the id is there all the time why can't
@winexists() work the same way or is this a problem with Vista and VDS5 ?
How do you get child id for API calls ?

%%hwnd = @winexists(#Internet Explorer_Server) this will return noting
but there is a handler ID presented in SPY.

How can i use the second parameter in this function @winexists(<window>,Child Window)

What can Spy do that @Winexists() can't ?

//Dan

[vdsalchemist]

Dan,
The Window Spy utility that comes with VDS does not use just @winexist() and actually I doubt that it uses @winexist() at all. Most likly it uses a combination of the LIST WINLIST and @WINDOW(). The LIST WINLIST command gets a list of all the windows then you use @WINDOW() in a loop to walk all the child windows of the parent.

[Garrett]

You will need to use "@WINDOW(<window>,CHILD|OWNER|FIRST|LAST|PREV|NEXT) " to get what you need. And it can be very confusing using this, but it does work.

[DanTheMan]

[Garrett]

I did say it can be a bit confusing