hey all,

i am using Win32::GuiTest to do some automation for a third party application.

within the perl script, i run the third-party app, and use Win32::GuiTest to click a few options and fill in some fields, and then click a "process" button in the third-party app, which process some data for a good 8 minutes.

once that data is finished processing a message box pops up that says, "complete".

my question is, how can i make my perl script wait for that message box to pop up, and when it does grab focus to that and click "OK"?

i tried putting a while loop to wait for it, but doing so slows my computer down to a crawl, and perl takes 99% cpu usage...

typically without waiting for the msg box, the perl script will terminate once it click the "process" button, but i need it to like go to sleep or something, until the msg box appears.

any thoughts?

thanks monks

In reply to Win32::GuiTest waiting for a window by primus

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