Window Actions

Shows, closes, activates, resizes, moves a specified window.

Parameters

Which window Specifies a window to be manipulated. Please see the "Which Window"
Action Specifies an action that should be applied to the window. The action can be one of the following:
- Activate
  Shows the window and brings it to the front.
- Close
  Sends a request to the windows for closing.
- Move
  Changes the position of the specified window.
- Hide
  Hides the window and activates another window.
- Show
  Activates the window and displays it in its current size and position.
- Topmost
  Places the window to above all windows.
- Cancel topmost
  Places the window to behind all topmost windows.
- Resize
  Changes the dimensions of the specified window.
- Maximized
  Activates the window and displays it as a maximized window.
- Minimized
  Activates the window and displays it as a minimized window.
- Restore
  Activates and displays the window. If the window is minimized or maximized, it will be restored to its original size and position.
- Opacity
  Sets the window transparent level (0-255), the value 0 will hide the window.
- Find window
  Searches for a window and return the handle value of the matched window.

Return window's handle into Specifies a variable for receiving the handle of the window, the window handle can be used in sequent actions for another purpose.

Center window Specifies whether to move the window to the center of the current display.

Wait for X second after executing this action Specifies whether to wait for a moment after executing the specified window action. Some window actions would cause a refresh of the content in the window, and it may causes subsequent steps work wrong. You can specify a short time period to wait for the refresh complete. In a general case, two seconds is enough.

Wait for window to be existed Likes the action "Wait for Window", the player will pause execution of the macro until the specified window is existed or time is out.

Notes:

The handle of the window is a number that uniquely identifies a window in windows.

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