Search for Window by File Name or Title if File Not Found

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Description	This script searches for a window by file name with a fall back to window text.
Language	C# (.Net)
Minimum Version	9.2.2+
Created By	Gilad Barnea
Contributors	-
Date Created	May 25, 2018
Date Last Modified	May 25, 2018

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using System; using System.Drawing; public static class DisplayFusionFunction { // Based on "Search for Window by Title" by Keith Lammers public static void Run (IntPtr windowHandle) { // OPTIONAL CUSTOMIZATION PARAMETERS // Will focus the window with a matching file rather than window title. If no file was found, will focus based on title. // For example, this will focus the actual spotify window if both spotify, and a chrome page about spotify, are running. // Set to false to reverse priority bool prioritize_file_over_title = false; // Set some value to if you want a common app to be available just by pressing enter. // Personally I set it to "chrome". string default_app = ""; // END CUSTOMIZATION // Prompt for the text to search for string searchText = BFS.Dialog.GetUserInput ("Enter part of the window title:", default_app); // Find the window with the matching file name IntPtr window_by_file = BFS.Application.GetMainWindowByFile ("*" + searchText + "*"); // Find by window title IntPtr window_by_title = BFS.Window.GetWindowByText ("*" + searchText + "*"); // If file name is prioritzed over window title (i.e. "spotify" over "beatles") if (prioritize_file_over_title) { FocusIfFound (window_by_file, window_by_title); // If window title was prioritized over file name ("beatles" over "spotify") } else { FocusIfFound (window_by_title, window_by_file); } } // Focus first_option if found. Else, focus second_option public static void FocusIfFound (IntPtr first_option, IntPtr second_option) { if (first_option.ToString () != "0") { BFS.Window.Focus (first_option); } else { BFS.Window.Focus (second_option); } } }