Want to use qb64 as a gui interface, need a way to know _dontwait shell finishes

[SMcNeill]

DO
‘The handle call to FindWindow
LOOP until handle <> 0 ‘wait for the handle to be created

DO
‘The handle call to FindWindow
LOOP until handle = 0 ‘the handle should disappear when terminated

[Pete]

@Steve: I've used that method, too. I like to add an escape, so the program can never get caught in an infinite loop. For web crawling, I used a short delay inside the loop, and a counter to keep track of ow many times the delay was used. At some point, I gave it instructions to "time out."

Pete

[doppler]

Another nudge bonus:

By getting the Window handle number it is possible to move and ETC....
Using "cmdow" a very powerful windows program to do many things with the window (up/down/left/right/hide).
Only downside is CMDOW needs the window handle in HEX format.  Which is only a small problem in QB64.