[proFit-list] want to cycle through all windows and perform an action on the data windows

[pro Fit Support]

Right, Dave

This is documented in the online help under GetWindowProperty and SetWindowProperties. We will try to make this clearer in the documentation for the next minor update.

Best
Kurt

> On 6 Jan 2023, at 17:00, Dave <glasspusher at outofoptions.net> wrote:
> 
> Hi Kurt,
> 	Thanks, that looks like it does the job.
> 
> So the GetWindowObject call can query the same properties that are listed under the Pascal GetWindowProperty call? I think that’s where I didn’t look for answers.
> 
> Dave
> 
>> On Jan 5, 2023, at 9:23 PM, pro Fit Support <profit at quansoft.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Dear Dave
>> 
>> Happy new year to you, too.
>> 
>> Use the property “type” of the window object. The following script iterates through all document windows and flags the ones that are data windows:
>> 
>> w = pf.NextWindow(0)
>> 
>> while w != 0:
>>     o = pf.GetWindowObject(window = w)
>>     print ("found: ", o.name)
>>     if o.type == pf.dataWindow:
>>         print ("   -> is a data window with", o.nrRows, "rows and", o.nrCols, "columns")
>>     w = pf.NextWindow(w)
>>         
>> 
>> Hope this helps.
>> 
>> Best regards
>> 
>> Kurt
>> QuantumSoft
>> 
>> 
>>> On 5 Jan 2023, at 20:40, Dave <glasspusher at outofoptions.net> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi folks,
>>> 	
>>> Happy new year to all. 
>>> 
>>> I have a Python script that does some calculations on a data window, and would like to have it act on all data windows that are open. 
>>> 
>>> I was thinking of iterating through all windows (pf.NextWindow), checking if it was a data window, if so, running the script, but…
>>> 
>>> …I don’t see where I can query a window as to if it’s a data window or not
>>> 
>>> pf.FrontmostWindow(type) is as close as I see to finding out if a window is a data window, but how do I find out what types all windows are without moving them from the back?
>>> 
>>> Maybe I’m missing something. 
>>> 
>>> Any help is appreciated 
>>> 
>>> Dave
>>> 
>>> 
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