Check if ahk (autohotkey) script is running

Question

I am working on an autohotkey script and I wanted to know if you can check if another script is currently running.

I found out that this is what you have to do to close a running script:

DetectHiddenWindows, On
WinClose, %pathToScript% ahk_class AutoHotkey

So I thought this is what you have to do to check if another script is running:

DetectHiddenWindows, On
IfWinActive, %pathToScript% ahk_class AutoHotkey
{
    //code to do when script is active
}

This is not working though. Can you help me ?

Answer 1

[ test this ]

1 - Create a random script that stays running, yet hidden, like this:

F::
Msgbox "running..." ; to test if it's ok or already closed.

2 - Now you create a script to test what you wanna do. My test can close hidden scripts by their names:

pathToScript = %A_ScriptDir%\teste.exe

DetectHiddenWindows, On
IfWinExist, %pathToScript%
{
    WinWait, %pathToScript%,
    IfWinNotActive, %pathToScript%, , WinActivate, %pathToScript%,
    WinWaitActive, %pathToScript%,

    WinClose, %pathToScript% ahk_class AutoHotkey
    MsgBox "OK"
}

Hope it may help you...