wait for screen activity

[quickadmin]

i would like part of the macro i am trying to create to wait until there is a change in the screen activity before continuing to the next step

for example, a program is running and when it is complete something on the the screen changes, i would like to wait for this amount of time

i am having problems because the program that i am waiting for has windows within windows and quick macros only sees the top window, so i can not do something like...wait for windows X to close then continue

or can i wait for the color of this position to change?