Using AppActivate to switch to other software that is open

BobWilson99

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I'm trying to get Excel to switch over to a completely different software that has a title that is difficult to capture....and as you may know AppActivate needs the exact title to do that.

I need a method that captures the full title name and passes the string to AppActivate....

This part works:


Shell "C:\Program Files (x86)\Analyst\bin\AnalystLauncher.exe", 1
AppActivate "Analyst"

but the title bar actually is "Analyst - [Batch Editor: [PFAS 537......" etc

The software is called Analyst but the file that is open is always different - so AppActivate obviously can't find it.

I want excel to copy something and then switch to this software and stop
 

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