AHK: closing a window whenever it pops up

Question

I wrote an AHK script designed to copy a text from Adobe Acrobat when I press F9. It then changes it according to a regex and shows the copied text in tooltip. Additionally, I added code to automatically close an annoying window that Acrobat sometimes shows when coping a text, an infamous There was an error while copying to Clipboard. An internal error occurred. When this window doesn't show up, the script keeps showing a tooltip, which is designed to close after a specified amount of time. I've been banging my head against the wall but I don't know how to correct this.

;#NoTrayIcon
#Persistent
#SingleInstance
F9::
#If WinActive("ahk_exe Acrobat.exe")
{
Clipboard:=""
send,^c
ClipWait, 1
Clipboard := RegExReplace(Clipboard, "\r\n", " ")
SetTimer,CheckForMsgBox,100
CheckForMsgBox:
    IfWinExist, Adobe Acrobat
    {
        Send {Enter}
        SetTimer,CheckForMsgBox,Off
    }
;Return
If (StrLen(Clipboard) < 120)
ToolTip % Clipboard
Else
ToolTip Copied
SetTimer, ToolTipOff, -1000
return
}
#If

ToolTipOff:
ToolTip
return

Please clarify what is the desired behavior and what is the problem. What is the purpose of CheckForMsgBox in the middle of the script? — 2501

user3419297 user3419297 · Accepted Answer · 2016-03-25T07:11:37

;#NoTrayIcon
; #Persistent ; (1)
#SingleInstance
SetTimer,CheckForMsgBox,100 ; (2)
return

#If WinActive("ahk_exe Acrobat.exe") ; (3)

F9::    
clipboard:=""
send,^c
ClipWait, 1
Clipboard := RegExReplace(Clipboard, "\r\n", " ")
If (StrLen(Clipboard) < 120)
    ToolTip %Clipboard%
Else
    ToolTip Copied
SetTimer, ToolTipOff, -1000
return

#If  ; turn off context sensitivity

ToolTipOff:
ToolTip
return

CheckForMsgBox:
; ControlSend, Control, Keys, WinTitle, WinText, ExcludeTitle, ExcludeText
ControlSend, , {Enter}, Adobe Acrobat  ; Close this unwanted window whenever it appears
return

(1) Scripts containing hotkeys, hotstrings, or any use of OnMessage() or Gui are automatically persistent.

(2) SetTimer causes a subroutine (Label) to be launched automatically and repeatedly at a specified time interval.

https://autohotkey.com/docs/commands/SetTimer.htm

(3) Like the #IfWin directives, #If is positional: it affects all hotkeys and hotstrings physically beneath it in the script.

https://autohotkey.com/docs/commands/_If.htm

AHK: closing a window whenever it pops up

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