# system.gui.getOpenWindows() in Designer

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-gui-getopenwindows-in-designer/3357>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [September 28, 2011, 4:48pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-gui-getopenwindows-in-designer/3357 "2011-09-28T16:48:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Jonathan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/aeb1de/32.png) [@Jonathan](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Jonathan)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 4:48pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-gui-getopenwindows-in-designer/3357/1 "2011-09-28T16:48:02Z")

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How come when I am in the designer the function system.gui.getOpenWindows() returns an empty PyTuple? When I run the client the functions seems to work fine.

Thank you,

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**Author:** ![Carl.Gould](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/carl.gould/32/7262_2.png) [@Carl.Gould](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Carl.Gould)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 9:06pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-gui-getopenwindows-in-designer/3357/2 "2011-09-28T21:06:36Z")

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With the architecture change from 7.2, this function no longer works in the Designer.