How can i find a window by pid ?

[Majunko]

Hello, i'm trying to find a window by pid but it seems the program doesn't find the window.

I'm executing a detached command, in advanced -> output parameters i wrote the variable p1.

Then i use the action Window and in the input parameters -> Window title. On this field i'm writing this code:

var processHDL= new ProcessHandle(p1);

var windows = Window.find({
   process: processHDL
});

Any idea ? Example attached.

test_pid.zip

[Jmgr]

Hi, there is one issue with your script: the Window title field of the Window action was set to Text and not Code, but it contains Javascript.

[Majunko]

You're right, i switch Text to Code but it seems to be the same. It throw an exception because cannot find the window, this exception is configured like this: goto line 3

The line 3 in the script is a code with this content: Console.print("pid: " + p1);

So, the main problem is that the window cannot be find by pid. Although the pid in the variable p1 is ok.

I tried the next code but it does not works too.

var windows = Window.find({
  processId: p1
});

Is there another alternative to do this? Thanks.

[Jmgr]

I think the other issue is that your script needs to return a window title. You could write something like that:

var processHDL= new ProcessHandle(p1);

var windows = Window.find({
   process: processHDL
});

if(windows.length > 0) {
	return windows[0];
} else {
	return "Invalid window";
}

[Majunko]

I found out the way to do this with your script. I had to remove the return due to it throw an invalid statement at execution and i added the method title() in the end of windows[0]. The result is this:

var processHDL= new ProcessHandle(p1);

var windows = Window.find({
   process: processHDL
});

if(windows.length > 0) {
	windows[0].title();
} else {
	"Invalid window";
}

Thank you so much.

additionally, is there a possibility to implement into a window action the option to find the program by pid or process name instead of only window title?

[Jmgr]

I found out the way to do this with your script. I had to remove the return due to it throw an invalid statement at execution and i added the method title() in the end of windows[0].

Ah yes, sorry. I had to rewrite this code after having tested it.

additionally, is there a possibility to implement into a window action the option to find the program by pid or process name instead of only window title?

Yes, that would make sense. Thanks for the idea.