;===========================================================================
; Run a program or switch to it if already running.
; Target - Program to run. E.g. Calc.exe or C:\Progs\Bobo.exe
; WinTitle - Optional title of the window to activate. Programs like
; MS Outlook might have multiple windows open (main window and email
; windows). This parm allows activating a specific window.
;
;Original Source comes from forum on http://www.autohotkey.com
;Optimized by alongside (http://hi.baidu.com/alongside) @ 2007-04-26
; ===========================================================================
RunOrActivate(Target, WinTitle = "")
{
; Get the filename without a path
SplitPath, Target, TargetNameOnly
Process, Exist, %TargetNameOnly%
If ErrorLevel > 0
PID = %ErrorLevel%
Else
Run, %Target%, , , PID
If WinTitle <>
{
SetTitleMatchMode, 2
WinWait, %WinTitle%, , 3
WinActivate, %WinTitle%
}
Else
{
WinWait, ahk_pid %PID%, , 3
WinActivate, ahk_pid %PID%
}
}
Return
; Example uses...
#`::RunOrActivate("taskmgr") ;Run Task
;~ #1::RunOrActivate("D:\download") ;Mend to your own folders
#1::RunOrActivate("D:\abc") ;Mend to your own folders
#f::RunOrActivate("D:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe") ;Mend to your own programs
#y::RunOrActivate("wmplayer.exe") ;Run WindowsMediaplayer
#-::RunOrActivate("mspaint.exe")
#=::RunOrActivate("calc.exe")
