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system.gui.getOpenedWindowNames

Deprecated by system.vision variations in 8.3

This function was replaced with system.vision.getOpenedWindowNames.

Click here to learn more about system.vision variations.

This function is used in Python Scripting.

Description​

Finds all of the currently open windows and returns a tuple of their paths.

Client Permission Restrictions​

This scripting function has no Client Permission restrictions.

Syntax​

system.gui.getOpenedWindowNames()

Parameters​

Nothing

Returns​

Tuple - A tuple of strings, representing the path of each window that is open. Printing the return value will display results in the Vision Client console if not writing to a component property.

Scope​

Vision Client

Code Examples​

Example #1 - Printing Open Window Paths
# This example prints out into the console the full path for each opened window.
  
windows = system.gui.getOpenedWindowNames()
print 'There are %d windows open' % len(windows)
for path in windows:
    print path