How to get text on dialogbox

[Gaurang]

Hi guys,

Does anybody knows how to get the text on the dialog box.

I tried

MsgBox(0,"",WinGetText($title))
MsgBox(0,"",ControlGetText($title,"","static1"))

but nothing is working. any suggestion ??

[GEOSoft]

Are you sure you have the correct Window Title for $Title?

You should have posted the contents of $Title.

[Gaurang]

Are you sure you have the correct Window Title for $Title?

You should have posted the contents of $Title.

Yeah the $title contains the correct window title.

The whole script is something like this

AutoItSetOption("WinTitleMatchMode","2") 
$title = WinGetTitle("VSMS")
    MsgBox(0,"title",$title);This show the exact title of the window i need to fetch text       
    WinWait($title,"") 
    If Not WinActive($title,"") Then WinActivate($title,"")
    MsgBox(0,"",WinGetText($title)) ; shows empty 
    MsgBox(0,"",controlGetText($title,"","Static1")) ; shows empty

any clue ?? suggestion ???

Edited August 20, 2009 by Gaurang

[GEOSoft]

Yeah the $title contains the correct window title.

The whole script is something like this

AutoItSetOption("WinTitleMatchMode","2") 
$title = WinGetTitle("VSMS")
    MsgBox(0,"title",$title);This show the exact title of the window i need to fetch text       
    WinWait($title,"") 
    If Not WinActive($title,"") Then WinActivate($title,"")
    MsgBox(0,"",WinGetText($title)) ; shows empty 
    MsgBox(0,"",controlGetText($title,"","Static1")) ; shows empty

any clue ?? suggestion ???

Since I have no way of testing it, try adding

AutoItSetOption("WinDetectHiddenText", 1)

To the top of the script.

Also use The Window information tool in the AutoIt folder to verify that the text is actually there.

[Gaurang]

Since I have no way of testing it, try adding

AutoItSetOption("WinDetectHiddenText", 1)

To the top of the script.

Also use The Window information tool in the AutoIt folder to verify that the text is actually there.

NO LUCK !!! .. still getting blank While dialog box has error message. It's actual a modal dialog box. and appears after I supply the wrong user name or password in authentication dialog box.

Any other suggestion ??

[GEOSoft]

"C:\Program Files\AutoIt3\Au3Info.exe" >> This path may differ

bring up the window in question and then click on it. Select everything in the sumary tab ans post it.

[Gaurang]

"C:\Program Files\AutoIt3\Au3Info.exe" >> This path may differ

bring up the window in question and then click on it. Select everything in the sumary tab ans post it.

I tried it before too... But it show's nothing there too.

Here is what I find in summary window of Au3Info.exe

>>>> Window <<<<

Title: VSMS Validation Error

Class: HwndWrapper[VSMS_GUI.exe;;52c585a2-a362-48e9-bd45-d9cf7ee0e6cf]

Position: 330, 281

Size: 364, 178

Style: 0x16080000

ExStyle: 0x00000000

Handle: 0x00180896

>>>> Control <<<<

Class:

Instance:

ClassnameNN:

Advanced (Class):

ID:

Text:

Position:

Size:

ControlClick Coords:

Style:

ExStyle:

Handle: 0x000206EA

>>>> Mouse <<<<

Position: 430, 329

Cursor ID: 2

Color: 0xEBEBEB

>>>> StatusBar <<<<

>>>> Visible Text <<<<

>>>> Hidden Text <<<<

But dialogox has the text . please see the screenshot.

[GEOSoft]

Do the same thing but this time click on the text itself and before you move the mouse, press Ctrl+Alt+F to freeze the contents and then check the summary tab.

[Gaurang]

Do the same thing but this time click on the text itself and before you move the mouse, press Ctrl+Alt+F to freeze the contents and then check the summary tab.

Hi Geo,

Following is the output you ask for.

>>> Window <<<<

Title: VSMS Validation Error

Class: HwndWrapper[VSMS_GUI.exe;;d43b6b46-b34a-401d-9528-da698252ffda]

Position: 575, 293

Size: 364, 178

Style: 0x16080000

ExStyle: 0x00000000

Handle: 0x000308B6

>>>> Control <<<<

Class:

Instance:

ClassnameNN:

Advanced (Class):

ID:

Text:

Position:

Size:

ControlClick Coords:

Style:

ExStyle:

Handle: 0x00350496

>>>> Mouse <<<<

Position: 604, 353

Cursor ID: 2

Color: 0x000000

>>>> StatusBar <<<<

>>>> Visible Text <<<<

>>>> Hidden Text <<<<

[Gaurang]

Please guys... please help me in this... It seems like there is no way out.

[GEOSoft]

It appears to be a non-standard window so I doubt there is a way to get that text.

EDIT Just as an added idea, when the window in question is open, run a script that uses WinList().

#include<array.au3>
$aWins = WinList()
_ArrayDisplay($aWins)

See what windows are actually there.

Edited September 2, 2009 by GEOSoft

[toasterking]

The window does not seem to follow standard Windows user interface conventions, so AutoIt cannot get that information. PixelGetColor() will probably still work. If you just want to compare the appearance of the dialog (including the text) to something you've predefined, you can do it this way, though it will be slow. You could do a WinGetPos($title) to get the dimensions of the window (left, top, width, height). Then create a loop which will do a PixelGetColor on every pixel within those dimensions and compare them to pixel colors read from a reference file. Be aware, though, that changes made to the appearance of the window, whether in the program or in Windows display settings, could cause the matching to fail. You will have to do some tweaking.