3.3.2.64 Window

Brief Introduction

This command creates, opens, closes, activates, and performs several actions on graph and worksheet windows.

Syntax:

window  option
The option switch determines the action to be performed.

Options:

Options to Activate/Hide/Maxmize/Minimize

Option Description
-a Set winName as the active window
-af Flash active window n times with millisecond timeout
-an Activate the winName notes window
-b Open or set as active, the specified window
-ch Hide the active window and change the view mode
-h Hide the active window but do not change the view mode
-hc Hide the active or named window and change the view mode
-hn Hide or show a Notes window
-i Minimize the active window
-ia Minimize the active window and force activation of the previously active window
-in Minimize the winName notes window
-z Maximize the active window
-zn Maximize the winName Notes window

Options to Delete/Close

Option Description
-c Delete the winName window
-cw Delete the winName window, wildcard supported
-ca Close the winName window
-cwa Close the winName window, wildcard supported
-cd Close the workbook and delete all the data
-cwd Close the workbook and delete all the data, wildcard supported
-cn Close the winName notes window without prompting
-cwn Close the winName notes window without prompting, wildcard supported

Options to Create/Duplicate

Option Description
-d Create a duplicate of the active window and make the new window active
-da Create a duplicate of the active window keeping the current window active
-dg duplicate the current graph window and convert to OpenGL
-n Create a new window from scratch and name it winName
-t Create a new window from the template file
-t WF Create a worksheet from the template file and enumerate winName
-th Create a hidden new window from the template file
-ti Create a minimized new window from the template file
-tu Create a new window from the template file but allow Undo
-tx Open a new Excel workbook

Options to Name

Option Description
-r Rename windowName with the given newName
-ra Open the Rename dialog box
-rl Specify a window label and set the window to display the label in the window title
-rn Rename notesWindowName Notes window with the given newName
-rp Update windowName with the Short Name or/and Long Name preset in the graph template
-w Temporarily set the active window to winName

Options to Arrange

Option Description
-s C Window system call to cascade all windows
-s ch, -s cv Tile all windows in a certain sequence and then cascade each column
-s ct tile and cascade all windows
-s T Window system call to tile all windows
-s th, -s tv Tile all windows in sequence

Other Options

Option Description
-aw Go to the URL web page
-e Activate a graph window and delete all data plots
-g Put the path and the template file name into %A
-l 0 Put the active window to the end of the Window menu window list
-m Merge all graph windows
-ma Prompt with a dialog box before merging all graph windows
-o Execute the specified script for the named window
-oa Execute the specified script for the named hidden window
-os Add the hidden map boundary worksheet to the root folder
-ppc Call Project Explorer page preview cleanup function
-w Restore normal operation before using the command again
-z0 Fit page to window size

See Also:

System.Display, Clr, Page