MUSHclient scripting

Description of MUSHclient world function: world.WindowInfo

Name	WindowInfo
Type	Method
Summary	Returns information about a miniwindow
Prototype	`VARIANT WindowInfo(BSTR WindowName, long InfoType);` View list of data type meanings
Description	This returns information about a particular miniwindow. You might use this to find where the window is on the screen, what its size is, whether it is visible, and so on. WindowName - the name of an existing miniwindow. InfoType - the information you want: 1: Left (from WindowCreate) 2: Top (from WindowCreate) 3: Width 4: Height 5: Show flag 6: Is it hidden right now? 7: Layout position code 8: Flags 9: Background colour 10: Where it is right now: left 11: Where it is right now: top 12: Where it is right now: right 13: Where it is right now: bottom 14: Where mouse last was (mouse down, mouse up or move) - X position - relative to miniwindow 15: Where mouse last was (mouse down, mouse up or move) - Y position - relative to miniwindow 16: Incremented each time items 14/15 are updated. 17: Where mouse was (during drag operation) - X position - relative to output window 18: Where mouse was (during drag operation) - y position - relative to output window 19: Hotspot ID of the hotspot currently being moused-over (empty string if none) 20: Hotspot ID of the hotspot currently being moused-down in (empty string if none) 21: Date/time the miniwindow was installed. 22: The Z-Order of the miniwindow. 23: The Plugin ID of the plugin that created this miniwindow (empty string if no plugin) InfoType 10 to 13 are where the auto positioning last placed the window (the last time the main screen was refreshed). The "show" flag is whether you want the window shown. Infotype 6 is whether it had to be temporarily hidden. This only applies to position codes 5, 7, 9, 11. The window will thus be visible if: * The Show flag is true (Infotype 5) * The "Is it hidden right now" flag is false (Infotype 6) * It is actually positioned somewhere it can be seen * Another window is not on top of it The mouse position (info items 14 and 15) are updated each time a mouse-down, mouse-up, or mouse-move event is processed by a miniwindow. When this happens, item 16 is incremented. This will eventually "wrap around" and become negative once it is incremented 2,147,483,648 times. The intention here is that if item 16 changes (whether up or down) then you know a new mouse coordinate has been recorded for this miniwindow. The mouse position (for info items 14 and 15) is relative to the start of the miniwindow, whatever that is. You could use this to create a pop-up menu at the point at which the mouse was clicked. If item 20 is not the empty string, then the mouse is currently "captured" by the nominated hotspot. For more information, see: http://www.gammon.com.au/mushclient/mw_creation.htm Note: Available in version 4.34 onwards.
Lua example	`WindowInfo (win, 4) --> get height`
Lua notes	`Lua returns nil instead of a NULL or EMPTY variant.`
Returns	`The specified information about the window, as described above. An EMPTY variant, if the window does not exist. A NULL variant if the InfoType is not a valid type.`
Introduced in version	4.34

See also ...

Function	Description
WindowCreate	Creates a miniwindow
WindowList	Lists all miniwindows
WindowShow	Shows or hides a miniwindow

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