# Function Reference

ProcessWait

Pauses script execution until a given process exists.

ProcessWait ( "process" [, timeout] )

Parameters

process | The name of the process to check.
timeout | [optional] Specifies how long to wait (in seconds). Default is to wait indefinitely.

Return Value

Success: | Returns 1.
Failure: | Returns 0 if the wait timed out.

Remarks

Process names are executables without the full path, e.g., "notepad.exe" or "winword.exe"
In order to work under Windows NT 4.0, ProcessWait requires the file PSAPI.DLL (included in the AutoIt installation directory).
The process is polled approximately every 250 milliseconds.
This function is the only process function not to accept a PID. Because PIDs are allocated randomly, waiting for a particular PID to exist doesn't make sense.

Related

ProcessClose, ProcessExists, ProcessWaitClose, RunWait, WinWait, WinWaitActive

Example

ProcessWait("notepad.exe")