Window - Move

Declaration

<AMWINDOW ACTIVITY="move" WINDOWTITLE="text" WINDOWCLASS="text" WINDOWHANDLE="number" CONTAINSOBJECT="YES/NO" OBJECTPROPERTYSETS="Toolkit=text,Type=text,Class=text,FrameworkId=text,Name=text,AutomationId=text,Value=text,Role=text,Description=text,X=number,Y=number,Width=number,Height=number,IndexInParent=text,ParentPath=text,Occurrence=number" ALLOWHIDDEN=YES/NO />

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Description

Moves a window to the selected position on the screen. Window title, class, handle, and other properties may be used to specify the window.

Practical usage

Commonly used to move a window to a certain location on the screen in order to make room for other windows or to ensure mouse clicks line up properly.

Parameters

General

This activity comprises Automate Desktop's Window Dissection technology to facilitate the discovery of existing windows and their controls. To select the target window:

1. Make certain the window is open and in the foreground (in front of all other open windows).
2. Drag and release the magnifier icon over the window. If the window is supported by this activity, a green border will appear around it.
3. Upon releasing the icon, identified window properties are populated onto the editor. These properties can be enabled / disabled or further modified.

Window contents

If multiple windows with the same title exists, it may be necessary to use Automate Desktop's Object Editor to specify additional criteria, such as unique objects, controls or properties, in order to distinguish one window from another. To identify additional elements, enable Window must contain the following objects, and then click Add to open the Object Editor dialog. Thereafter, do one of the following:

1. Drag and release the magnifier icon over the desired object or control. The Object properties grid becomes populated with a list of name / value pairs unique to that object. Individual values can be enabled / disabled according to preference.
2. Click Browse to traverse the list of available objects / controls for the selected window. Select the desired object from the Window contents column, and then click OK. The Object properties grid becomes populated with a list of defined properties unique to that object. Individual values can be enabled or disabled according to preference.

Available object properties are described below:

Advanced

Description

Error Causes

On Error

Additional notes

Datasets

A dataset is a multiple column, multiple row container object. This activity creates and populates a dataset containing a specific set of fields in addition to the standard dataset fields. The table below describes these fields (assuming the dataset name assigned was theDataset).

Example

Description

This sample task performs various window related activities on a Notepad window. Details are illustrated during task execution.

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<AMRUN FILE="Notepad" />
<AMSHOWDIALOG MESSAGE="The next step will minimize the Notepad window." />
<AMWINDOW ACTIVITY="minimize" WINDOWTITLE="*notepad*" />
<AMSHOWDIALOG MESSAGE="The next step will maximize the Notepad window." />
<AMWINDOW ACTIVITY="maximize" WINDOWTITLE="*notepad*" />
<AMSHOWDIALOG MESSAGE="The next step will restore the Notepad window to its original size." />
<AMWINDOW ACTIVITY="restore" WINDOWTITLE="*notepad*" />
<AMSHOWDIALOG MESSAGE="The next step will move the Notepad window to the upper left corner of the screen." />
<AMWINDOW ACTIVITY="move" WINDOWTITLE="*notepad*" />
<AMSHOWDIALOG MESSAGE="The last step will close the Notepad window." />
<AMWINDOW ACTIVITY="close" WINDOWTITLE="*notepad*" />