Get Window Title

Function/S WindowTitle(WindowName) // Returns the title of a window given its name.
        String WindowName // Name of graph, table, layout, notebook or control panel.

        String RecMacro
        Variable AsPosition, TitleEnd
        String TitleString

        if (strlen(WindowName) == 0)
                WindowName=WinName(0,1)         // Name of top graph window
        endif

        if (wintype(WindowName) == 0)
                return ""                       // No window by that name
        endif

        RecMacro = WinRecreation(WindowName, 0)
        AsPosition = strsearch(RecMacro, " as \"", 0)
        if (AsPosition < 0)
                TitleString = WindowName        // No title, return name
        else
                AsPosition += 5                 // Found " as ", get following quote mark
                TitleEnd = strsearch(RecMacro, "\"", AsPosition)
                TitleString = RecMacro[AsPosition, TitleEnd-1]
        endif

        return TitleString
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