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[[Category:Lua]]
'''function''' getWindowlist()

Returns a table with the windowlist (PID - Window Caption). The table has the following format : { PID, { ID, Caption} }

Example:
'''local''' windowList = '''getWindowlist()'''

-- windowList will be a table which includes data similar to that displayed below
----------------------------------------------
[21112] = {
[1] = 'Cheat Engine 7.4',
[2] = 'Cheat Engine 7.4',
[3] = 'Cheat Engine settings',
[4] = 'Default IME',
[5] = 'Lua Engine',
[6] = 'MSCTFIME UI',
}

== See also ==
* [[Lua]]
* [[Help_File:Script engine|Script engine]]

=== Related Functions ===
* [[Lua:getCommonModuleList|getCommonModuleList]]
* [[Lua:inModule|inModule]]
* [[Lua:inSystemModule|inSystemModule]]
* [[Lua:createProcess|createProcess]]
* [[Lua:openProcess|openProcess]]
* [[Lua:getForegroundProcess|getForegroundProcess]]
* [[Lua:getOpenedProcessID|getOpenedProcessID]]
* [[Lua:getProcessIDFromProcessName|getProcessIDFromProcessName]]
* [[Lua:pause|pause]]
* [[Lua:unpause|unpause]]
* [[Lua:targetIs64Bit|targetIs64Bit]]
* [[Lua:getAddress|getAddress]]
* [[Lua:getNameFromAddress|getNameFromAddress]]

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 [[Category:Lua]]
-{{CodeBox|'''function''' getWindowlist()}}
+{{CodeBox|'''function''' getWindowlist() ''':''' table}}
-Returns a table with the windowlist (PID - Window Caption).  The table has the following format : { PID, { ID, Caption} }
+Returns a table containing the currently visible window list.
-Example:
+The returned table is grouped by process ID. Each process ID maps to another table where the keys are window IDs and the values are window captions.
-   '''local''' windowList = '''getWindowlist()'''
+===Function Parameters===
-   -- windowList will be a table which includes data similar to that displayed below
+This function has no parameters.
-  ----------------------------------------------
-   [21112] = {
+===Returns===
-      [1] = 'Cheat Engine 7.4',
+Table — A table containing process IDs, window IDs, and window captions.
-      [2] = 'Cheat Engine 7.4',
-      [3] = 'Cheat Engine settings',
+===Return Table Structure===
-      [4] = 'Default IME',
+{|width="85%" cellpadding="10%" cellspacing="0" border="0"
-      [5] = 'Lua Engine',
+!align="left"|Level
-      [6] = 'MSCTFIME UI',
+!align="left"|Type
+!style="width: 80%;background-color:white;" align="left"|Description
 {{LuaSeeAlso}}
-=== Related Functions ===
+{{Process}}

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