Select-WindowStarted

Select-WindowStarted.ps1

# Uses WASP from http://wasp.codeplex.com for automating the control of Windows in Powershell.
# The purpose of this function is to start a new process and then return the window
# that was opened by the started process. This can be difficult because if you already have
# multiple windows open for that process; there may be a delay in the window being returned
# after the process is started; and the process that is started is not always the same as the
# window that's created (Chrome).
#
# This function will grab a list of current windows matching the processName, start a new instance,
# and will then loop until the new window is opened or the function times out. example:
#
#   Select-WindowStarted notepad.exe -processName
#
function Select-WindowStarted($process, [string]$processName = "", $msTimeout = 1000){
    $startTime = get-date
    $endTime = $startTime.addMilliseconds($msTimeout)
    
    if ($processName -eq ""){
        $processName = $process
    }

    $currentWindows = Select-Window $processName

    $processID = Start-Process $process -passThru

    do {
        if((get-date) -gt $endTime){
            throw "Timeout while trying to Select window by process"
        }
    }
    while ((Select-Window $processName | where {!($currentWindows -contains $_)} | measure).count -eq 0)
    
    Select-Window $processName | where {!($currentWindows -contains $_)}
}