WinGetIDLast

Returns the unique ID number (HWND) of the last/bottommost window if there is more than one match.

HWND := WinGetIDLast(WinTitle, WinText, ExcludeTitle, ExcludeText)

Parameters

WinTitle, WinText, ExcludeTitle, ExcludeText

Type: String, Integer or Object

If each of these is blank or omitted, the Last Found Window will be used. Otherwise, specify for WinTitle a window title or other criteria to identify the target window and/or for WinText a substring from a single text element of the target window (as revealed by the included Window Spy utility).

ExcludeTitle and ExcludeText can be used to exclude one or more windows by their title or text. Their specification is similar to WinTitle and WinText, except that ExcludeTitle does not recognize any criteria other than the window title.

Window titles and text are case-sensitive. By default, hidden windows are not detected and hidden text elements are detected, unless changed with DetectHiddenWindows and DetectHiddenText; however, when using pure HWNDs, hidden windows are always detected regardless of DetectHiddenWindows. By default, a window title can contain WinTitle or ExcludeTitle anywhere inside it to be a match, unless changed with SetTitleMatchMode.

Return Value

Type: Integer

This function returns the window handle (HWND) of the last/bottommost window if there is more than one match.

Error Handling

A TargetError is thrown if the window could not be found.

Remarks

If there is only one match, it performs identically to WinGetID.

A window's ID number is valid only during its lifetime. In other words, if an application restarts, all of its windows will get new ID numbers.

The ID of the window under the mouse cursor can be retrieved with MouseGetPos. To discover the HWND of a control (for use with PostMessage, SendMessage or DllCall), use ControlGetHwnd or MouseGetPos.

WinGetID, ControlGetHwnd, Hwnd property (Gui object), Win functions, Control functions