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Macro Tutorial. Wait for control enabled state.

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;Assume the macro runs Notepad, pastes some text and opend the Find dialog.
run "notepad.exe"
wait 10 "Notepad"
paste "text to find"
key Cf

;Then you want the macro to wait until the 'Find Next' button is enabled.
;One of possible ways - let the macro wait until the button control state is enabled.
;A control is a child window in a window, eg button, edit box, list view. However not all UI objects are controls.
;At first open Notepad and its Find dialog, let the 'Find Next' button be enabled.
;Open the 'Wait' dialog and select 'Wait for window enabled'.
;Select 'Control'. Drag the Drag tool to the 'Find Next' button.
;If the button is a control, you can see a rectangle around it. Else you cannot use this.
;Click Test. It should show a rectangle around the button in the Find dialog.
;Optionally set timeout, eg 60.
;Uncheck 'Get handle' if don't need it.
;OK. It creates code like this:
int w=win("Find" "#32770")
wait 60 WE id(1 w) ;;push button 'Find Next'

;Then the macro continues. If the button is not enabled in 60 s, the macro ends with error.
mes "The button now is enabled."

;This is the best way, however does not work in web pages and with many UI objects in applications where controls (as child windows) are not used.