ControlClick() fails on Open and Save but not Cancel in IE dialog

[fgx00171]

My script is meant to drive the 'File Download' dialog of an Internet Explorer window, and assumes the dialog is visible when the script starts. Here's what I have so far:

WinWait("File Download");

WinActivate("File Download");

ControlClick("File Download", "","[CLASS:Button; INSTANCE:2]");

I have a problem here in that the last command (ControlClick) doesn't click the 'Save' button. It DOES make the 'Save' button on the dialog get focus (it's border gets highlighted).

If I change the last command to:

ControlClick("File Download", "","[CLASS:Button; INSTANCE:1]");

then the 'Open' button gets highlighted (but not pressed). If I change it to:

ControlClick("File Download", "","[CLASS:Button; INSTANCE:3]");

Then the 3rd ('Cancel') button does get pressed, and the dialog disappears.

It seems as though something is different about the way the script is treating the Open and Save buttons vs. the Cancel button?

Any info appreciated.

[PsaltyDS]

The file open and save dialogs get special protection from automated inputs for security reasons. Cancel doesn't have the same risks as open or save, so it doesn't get the same protection. There are work-arounds posted. Search the forum.

[AnselRoe]

My script is meant to drive the 'File Download' dialog of an Internet Explorer window, and assumes the dialog is visible when the script starts. Here's what I have so far:

WinWait("File Download");

WinActivate("File Download");

ControlClick("File Download", "","[CLASS:Button; INSTANCE:2]");

I have a problem here in that the last command (ControlClick) doesn't click the 'Save' button. It DOES make the 'Save' button on the dialog get focus (it's border gets highlighted).

If I change the last command to:

ControlClick("File Download", "","[CLASS:Button; INSTANCE:1]");

then the 'Open' button gets highlighted (but not pressed). If I change it to:

ControlClick("File Download", "","[CLASS:Button; INSTANCE:3]");

Then the 3rd ('Cancel') button does get pressed, and the dialog disappears.

It seems as though something is different about the way the script is treating the Open and Save buttons vs. the Cancel button?

Any info appreciated.