ControlGetPos and ListBoxes

[middae]

I have a program - we'll call it ProgA.

This program has child windows: ChildA, ChildB, ChildC

ChildC has several listboxes. One is resizeable and takes up the maority of the window, and lists a 4 column spread of information.

I'm trying to figure out where Column 2 starts in this Listbox. Here's the AutoIt tool info from that window.

>>>> Control <<<<

Class: AfxWnd80sd

Instance: 3

ClassnameNN: AfxWnd80sd3

Advanced (Class): [CLASS:AfxWnd80sd; INSTANCE:3]

ID: 1

Text: ListBox

Position: 366, 113

Size: 766, 653

ControlClick Coords: 348, 286

Style: 0x50300000

ExStyle: 0x00000000

Handle: 0x000206DE

Of Course, instance changes frequently. I thought I'd use ControlGetPos or WinGetPos, but both keep returning errors. WinGetPos gets me the closest,

#include <GuiConstantsEx.au3>
#include <WinAPI.au3>
#include <Debug.au3>
AutoItSetOption("WinTitleMatchMode","1")
AutoItSetOption("WinSearchChildren","1")

$hDIM = WinGetHandle("ChildC")
$pos = WinGetPos("[CLASS:AfxWnd80sd]","Listbox")

Mousemove($pos[0],$pos[1],5)

After identifying the Control position, I was planning to move pixel by pixel along X, until my pxchksum (basically OCR the screen) until I find a certain word ("Batch #"). If I can find that, I can click that heading in the listbox, and sort appropriately.

I've been stuck on guaranteeing I come up with the correct AfxWnd80sd control.

Most of the errors are: control not found, or finding the incorrect AfxWnd80sd controls (there are 3 or 4 at a time in ProgA. "ListBox" as text errors out using both WinGetPos and ControlGetPos.

[martin]

You will have to set Opt("WinSearchChildren",1) or you will not be able to deal with child windows. Maybe that is the problem.

[PsaltyDS]

Seems like _GuiCtrlListView_GetSubItemRect() gives what you want directly. The WinSearchChildren option is only for the native GUI functions, and wouldn't be required for the UDF functions.

Edit: Add demo:

#include <GuiListView.au3>
#include <Array.au3>

$hDIM = WinGetHandle("[CLASS:YourWinClassHere; TITLE:ChildC]")
$hLV = ControlGetHandle($hDIM, "", "[CLASS:AfxWnd80sd; INSTANCE:3]")
$avRect = _GUICtrlListView_GetSubItemRect($hLV, 0, 2)
_ArrayDisplay($avRect, "Item 0/Col 2 Rect")

Edited October 26, 2009 by PsaltyDS

[middae]

You will have to set Opt("WinSearchChildren",1) or you will not be able to deal with child windows. Maybe that is the problem.

Isn't that what this does? I thought I read Opt and AutoItSetOption where interchangable?

AutoItSetOption("WinSearchChildren","1")

And ChildC is being found in ProgA, I use some MouseMoves to move to the top-left corner of it on occasion. It's finding That Listbox of class AfxWnd80sd in ChildC that's a problem. I'm so frustrated. heh.

[martin]

Isn't that what this does? I thought I read Opt and AutoItSetOption where interchangable?

AutoItSetOption("WinSearchChildren","1")

And ChildC is being found in ProgA, I use some MouseMoves to move to the top-left corner of it on occasion. It's finding That Listbox of class AfxWnd80sd in ChildC that's a problem. I'm so frustrated. heh.

Sorry, I somehow missed that, as I did the point that PsaltyDS made later about it.

[middae]

Turns out I had to Enumerate the windows and look for "ListBox " with a space at the end. Unless there's a way to specify a trailing character on the end of a Title?

[CLASS:AfxWnd80sd; TITLE:"ListBox "] doesn't work.

My Solution:

Func FindHDILB() ;Returns "AfxWnd80sd:ListBox " handle
    $aWindows = _WinAPI_EnumWindows()
    For $i = 1 To UBound($aWindows) - 1
        if $aWindows[$i][1] = "AfxWnd80sd" Then 
            if WinGetTitle($aWindows[$i][0]) = "ListBox " Then
                $hLB = $aWindows[$i][0]
            EndIf
        EndIf
    Next
    Return $hLB
EndFunc

Assigned $hdi = FindHDILB(); then WinGetPos($hdi), and MouseMove($pos[0],$pos[1]) got me where I needed to go. Returned the proper value every time, yippee!

Edited October 27, 2009 by middae