"Activate Specific Window" and Changing names

Discussion & Questions
1

I would like to use this action.

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The problem is that the names of the window (at the end) changes.

It always starts with "Scrivener DB NOTES" and ends with something.

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I was hoping a "*" would help, but unfortunately not.

How does BTT find this window? Thanks.

2

Try using .* as a placeholder (RegEx):
Scrivener DB NOTES.*
RegEx (Google)

3

Thank you, Dirk! As I was just able to find out, everything is actually working now. No idea why it didn't work before.

With or without ".", "*". It doesn't need any more characters if the beginning of the name is correct.

Strange thing is, "." stands for any character, but only one. Right?

So this: "Scrivener DB NOT."

should not find this Window.

"Scrivener DB NOTES"

But it does. With or without ".", which is ok for me.

4

See the Docu RegEx
The dot stands only for one character and the asterisk for any number of the previous selection. So .* means any number of any characters.

5

" . Der Punkt steht für ein beliebiges Zeichen und kann somit jedes Zeichen finden."

... ein ... Zeichen.

So this: "Scrivener DB NOT."

should not find this.

"Scrivener DB NOTES"

Alles gut. Es zeigt wahrscheinlich nur, dass RegEx hier nicht zur Anwendung kommt :slightly_smiling_face:

6

Doch. RegEx wird verwendet. Es kann sein, die Funktion standardmäßig „StartWith“ verwendet.