Get info from a BBS-type window

[sigil]

I want to get the text from a database's interface window and search it for a given string, but ControlGetText hasn't successfully grabbed it. The window looks like a typical interface for a BBS, like the kind one might Telnet into. I've tried this code (which works fine for searching NotePad files for text):

$words=ControlGetText("WindowName","",59648)

if stringInStr($words,"theTextIWantToFind") then

msgbox(0,"output","found it")

else

msgbox(0,"output","did not find it")

endif

exit

How should I change it?

[nobby]

Unfortunately there are some "windows" from which you cannot get the text.

[DaveF]

Is it actually a console application? If it is you may be able to redirect the output from the screen to AutoIt using the STD I/O functions from the current beta version of AutoIt.

Example, checks if the current user may dial in to Remote Access:

Dim $process, $output, $linesOut, $foundIt

$process = Run("netsh.exe", @SystemDir, @SW_SHOW, 3)

StdinWrite($process, "ras set user " & @UserName & @CRLF)
StdinWrite($process, "bye" & @CRLF)

While 1
   $output = $output & StdoutRead($process)
   If @error = -1 Then ExitLoop
WEnd

$linesOut = StringSplit($output, @CR)

For $step = 1 To $linesOut[0]
   If StringInStr( $linesOut[$step], "Dialin") Then
      If StringInStr($linesOut[$step], "permit") Then
         $foundIt = 1
      EndIf
   EndIf
Next

If $foundIt = 1 Then
   MsgBox(0, "Success!", "The current user is permitted to dial in to this machine.")
Else
   MsgBox(0, "Failure...", "The current user is not permitted to dial in to this machine.")
EndIf

[sigil]

Is it actually a console application? If it is you may be able to redirect the output from the screen to AutoIt using the STD I/O functions from the current beta version of AutoIt.

Example, checks if the current user may dial in to Remote Access:

Dim $process, $output, $linesOut, $foundIt

$process = Run("netsh.exe", @SystemDir, @SW_SHOW, 3)

StdinWrite($process, "ras set user " & @UserName & @CRLF)
StdinWrite($process, "bye" & @CRLF)

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I'm running version 3.1.0. I couldn't find these functions in the Help file. The public history doesn't indicate that they've been added for 3.1.1, which seems to be the most current version. How do I get a version of AutoIt that incorporates them?