Scrolling a locked GUI control

[Shaarad]

I am making a GUI in which I have an Embedded Internet Explorer object to display web pages. I want the control to be locked. What I mean by 'locked' is that user should not be able to type anything in the textboxes on the page and should not be able to click any buttons on it. However, I want that the user should only be able to scroll the control in order to view its contents completely. I have tried using

GUICtrlSetStyle($GUIActiveX,$WS_DISABLED)

on the control but it also locks the scrollbar of that control. Is there any way to enable just the scrollbar of that control or add another scrollbar to control it?

[PhoenixXL]

can u give the full code

[PhoenixXL]

should not be able to type anything in the textboxes

Well if you just want to block the textboxes then this code will be useful

#include <IE.au3>
Local $sURL = "www.autoitscript.com/forum/topic/142719-scrolling-a-locked-gui-control/"
Global $_IE_Obj=_IECreate($sURL,0,0,1,1)
Local $_Hwnd=_IEPropertyGet( $_IE_Obj, 'hwnd')
_BlockControlById("main_search")
WinSetState($_Hwnd,'',@SW_SHOWMAXIMIZED)
WinActivate($_Hwnd,'')
Sleep(50000)
_IEQuit($_IE_Obj)

Func _BlockControlById($_Id)
Local $_obj_Document=_IEDocGetObj($_IE_Obj)
$_obj_Document.getElementById($_Id).Disabled = True ;
EndFunc

The following code disables the search box of this same site.

I prefer to block the textboxes instead because the scrollbar dont seem to have any specific unique ID

This code should also work with Buttons

Edited July 24, 2012 by PhoenixXL

[PhoenixXL]

#include <IE.au3>
Local $sURL = "www.autoitscript.com/forum/topic/142719-scrolling-a-locked-gui-control/"
Global $_IE_Obj=_IECreate($sURL,0,0,1,1)
Local $_Hwnd=_IEPropertyGet( $_IE_Obj, 'hwnd')
WinSetState($_Hwnd,'',@SW_SHOWMAXIMIZED)
WinActivate($_Hwnd,'')
Local $_Timer=TimerInit()
Local $_Diff
While $_Diff<10000
$_Diff=TimerDiff($_Timer)
ToolTip('Blocking After '&Round(10-($_Diff/1000))&' Seconds.',Default,Default,'Count-Down',1,7)
WEnd
_BlockControlById("main_search",True)
ToolTip('Edit Blocked',Default,Default,'Information',1,7)
Sleep(2000)
$_Timer=TimerInit()
$_Diff=TimerDiff($_Timer)
While $_Diff<10000
$_Diff=TimerDiff($_Timer)
ToolTip('UnBlocking After '&Round(10-($_Diff/1000))&' Seconds.',Default,Default,'Count-Down',1,7)
WEnd
_BlockControlById("main_search",False)
ToolTip('Edit UnBlocked',Default,Default,'Information',1,7)
Sleep(2000)
ToolTip('')
Sleep(20000)
_IEQuit($_IE_Obj)

Func _BlockControlById($_Id,$sBlock=True)
Local $_obj_Document=_IEDocGetObj($_IE_Obj)
$_obj_Document.getElementById($_Id).Disabled = $sBlock ;
EndFunc

This will explain in a more efficient way

[Shaarad]

it solved the problem...thanks a lot!