Select an option when right clicking on a tray icon

[Akshay07]

Hello all,

I am having big troubles with a tray icon.

The tray icon related to this program allows the user to select several options when right clicking on it.

Let's say that this tray icon is giving the choice to select (when right clicking on it)

- setting 1

- setting 2

- setting 3

I want to make sure that setting 1 will be selected (meaning that I want to select it in my script).

I am not sure how to do that. I used au3info (and looked at the "summary" tab), then right clicked on the tray icon and moved from setting 1, 2 and 3 using arrows but au3info is always showing the same information. Only the color field is changing.

I could really use some help, I don't even know where to start from (I was hoping au3info will help).

Edited January 19, 2010 by Akshay07

[Melba23]

Akshay07,

There is no shortcut to doing this. If the same option is always highlighted (highlit?) when you open the tray menu then you can send cursor keys to move around. Something like this from one of my scripts:

Sleep(500)
_GUICtrlToolbar_ClickButton($hSysTray_Handle, $iSystray_ButtonNumber, "right", True, 1, 0)
Sleep(500)
; Move around traymenu to firewall state menu
Send("{DOWN}{LEFT}")
Sleep(500)
Switch $sAction
    Case "Block"
        Send("{ENTER}")
    Case "Open"
        Send("{DOWN}{DOWN}")
        Sleep(500)
        Send("{ENTER}")
EndSwitch

Notice the Sleep commands. I have found by experience that it helps to pause a little when the menu needs to open a submenu or when you need to action something within it.

I hope this helps.

M23

[Mison]

Set item state to checked, then disable it:

TrayItemSetState($set1,$TRAY_CHECKED)
TrayItemSetState($set1,$TRAY_DISABLE)

or

TrayItemSetState($set1,BitOR($TRAY_CHECKED,$TRAY_DISABLE))

Edited January 20, 2010 by Mison

[Akshay07]

Thanks to both of you.

Melba23, your solution is the best taking into account how the program is done.

I have a question about your script:

$hSysTray_Handle

How do i get the SysTray handle of an external program (not autoit related)?

From what I found in the help, I can see that I can get the tray handle of an autoit created tray object, but I can't find out how to find the tray handle of an object that is created by another program.

[Melba23]

Akshay07,

You really should try the "Search" button sometimes....

Take a look here. You might need to keep reading the rest of the topic as well.

M23

[Akshay07]

Sorry, I am used to search in the autoit help, but I have to admit that I don't really search in the forum itself

Will try to improve this part.

Thanks for your help!