Constructor wndFinder.wndFinder

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Overload

public wndFinder(string name = null, string cn = null, WOwner of = default, WFlags flags = 0, Func<wnd, bool> also = null, WContains contains = default)

Parameters

name  (string) Window name. Usually it is the title bar text. String format: wildcard expression. null means "can be any". "" means "no name".

cn  (string) Window class name. String format: wildcard expression. null means "can be any". Cannot be "".

of  (WOwner) Owner window, program or thread. Depends on argument type: wnd - owner window. Will use wnd.IsOwnedBy with level 2. string - program file name, like "notepad.exe". String format: wildcard expression. Cannot be "" or path. WOwner - WOwner.Process(process id), WOwner.Thread(thread id). See wnd.getwnd.Owner, wnd.ProcessId, process.thisProcessId, wnd.ThreadId, process.thisThreadId.

flags  (WFlags)

also  (Func<wnd, bool>) Callback function. Called for each matching window. It can evaluate more properties of the window and return true when they match. Example: also: t => !t.IsPopupWindow. Called after evaluating all other parameters except contains.

contains  (WContains) Defines an object that must be in the client area of the window: UI element: elmFinder or string like "name" or "e 'role' name" or "e 'role'". Child control: wndChildFinder or string like "c 'cn' name" or "c '' name" or "c 'cn'". Image(s) or color(s): uiimageFinder or string "image:..." (uses a uiimageFinder with flag IFFlags.WindowDC). OCR text: ocrFinder or string "ocr:..." (uses an ocrFinder with flag OcrFlags.WindowDC).

Exceptions

ArgumentException cn is "". To match any, use null. of is "" or 0 or contains character '\\' or '/'. To match any, use null. Invalid wildcard expression ("**options " or regular expression).