FindWindow search path tag

<FindWindow> tag contains a list of matching elements that are executed in the order of their listing within the tag. This topic describes the <FindWindow> elements with example code.

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<FindWindow> elements

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<FindWindow> elements

The following code snippet shows the elements in a <FindWindow> tag

# RELAX NG XML grammar for FindWindow 
# http://relaxng.org/compact-tutorial-20030326.html 
Grammar
{ 
start = FindWindow FindWindow = element 
FindWindow
{ 
  element ControlId { attribute match { xsd:integer }?, text }*
& element Caption { attribute match { xsd:integer }?, text }*
& element CaptionStartsWith { same as Caption }*
& element CaptionEndsWith { same as Caption }*
& element CaptionContains { same as Caption }*
& element Class { attribute match { xsd:integer }?, text }*
& element ClassStartsWith { same as Class }*
& element ClassEndsWith { same as Class }*
& element ClassContains { same as Class }*
& element Position { xsd:integer, xsd:integer } *
& element Find { Caption & Class }*
& element Desktop { empty }*
& element Application { empty }*
& element Owner { empty }*
& element RelaxProcessIdRestriction { empty }*
& element RelaxThreadIdRestriction { empty }*
}
} 

The following table describes the <FindWinow> elements.

Element	Description
ControlId	Window with ID
Caption	Window caption text.
CaptionStartsWith	Caption starts with text
CaptionEndsWith	Caption ends with text.
CaptionContains	Caption contains text.
Class	Window with class name
ClassStartsWith	Class name starts with text.
ClassEndsWith	Class name ends with text.
ClassContains	Class contains text.
Position	Search for a window at a specified position. The position is defined as the upper-left corner of the window as (x,y) coordinates. The position is calculated either from the <Application/> (default) or from the <Desktop/>. If <Desktop/> is used, it must be specified before the <Position> element.
Find	Search for a window as specified via the Class or Caption element. The same elements as for FindWindow can be used here (Caption, CaptionStartsWith, CaptionEndsWith, CaptionContains, Class, ClassStartsWith, ClassEndsWith, or ClassContains).
Desktop	Sets the search point to the desktop
Application	Sets the search point to the application's top-level window.
Owner	Window with a specified owner.
RelaxProcessIdRestriction	Includes windows with different process IDs in the search. By default, all windows belong to the same process ID.
RelaxThreadIdRestriction	Includes windows with different thread IDs in the search process. By default, all windows belong to the same thread ID.

Sample code

The following set of samples show the how the various attributes are used.

The following sample searches for a window with the control ID 1003.
<FindWindow>
<ControlID>1003</ControlID>
</FindWindow>

The following sample searches for a window with the class name SunAWTFrame.
<FindWindow>
<Class>SunAWTFrame</Class>
</FindWindow>

The following sample searches for a window at desktop position x200 y400. 
<FindWindow>
<Desktop/>
<Position>200,400</Position>
</FindWindow>

The following sample searches for the second application with the caption CurrencyConv that is not within the same process as the DDA loaded application. 

<FindWindow>
<RelaxProcessIdRestriction/>
<Caption match="2">CurrencyConv</Caption>
</FindWindow>

See Also

Concepts

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