[Gambas-user] Desktop.Find

[Benoît Minisini]

> Hi folks! I need some help.
> 
> Gambas 2.23
> 
> Problem: Desktop.Find is not finding a window that is indeed appearing
> on the desktop. I personally can see it and it has the correct title,
> therefore it is indeed there, and hence the need for some assistance
> trying to figure out WHY Desktop.Find can't see what I see....er.... or
> something to that effect. Anyway....
> 
> Instantiating a VLC instance using SHELL with the following procedure
> (ignore the SUB's parameter list, I have the parameters to SHELL
> hard-coded for the moment and am passing in dummy values from the
> calling SUB)
> '*
> '* NOTE! mpProcessHandle is declared at the class level AS Process.
> '*
> PUBLIC SUB PlayVideo(pFileName AS String, pPlayerTitle AS String)
>    DIM aHandle AS NEW Pointer[]
>    DIM iHandle AS Integer
> 
>    mpProcessHandle = SHELL "vlc --intf rc --video-title Camera0
> ~/TestVideo.avi" FOR READ WRITE
> 

You have to wait a little there (with SLEEP) because the vlc window will not 
be visible immediately just after you run the process.

Regards,

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Benoît Minisini