Finding the handle of a tray icon trough its name

[NickolasC]

Hello!

I have found the previous posts on this forum and I am successfuly running the example utilizing this method:

If StringInStr(_GUICtrlToolbar_GetButtonText($hSysTray_Handle, $iSystray_ButtonNumber), $sToolTipTitle) = 1

This is an icon that turns on/off a service. The first time I run the script, it successfully turns the service on.

But when I revert the service and try for the second time, the scrpit can't find the control anymore. This happens for every consecutive try. It only works when it runs after the first login to the OS.

The text of the tooltip is still there when I mouseover, but when I loop trough the icons and have a look at the retrieved names with a Msgbox popup, I see the name of the icon as NULL/empty. The tragetting utility shows the control and its contents, and the name is there, but the script is unable to get it right.

Can you think of what can be causing this behaviour?

Is it possible to target the control by the executable file name rather than browsing the tooltips?

Thanks!

[Melba23]

NickolasC,

Welcome to the AutoIt forum.

That code looks familiar.....

You might want to try altering the code slightly to this (someone pointed out the other day that is was a bit restrictive as it was):

If StringInStr(_GUICtrlToolbar_GetButtonText($hSysTray_Handle, $iSystray_ButtonNumber), $sToolTipTitle) <> 0

What service are you trying to automate? Are you sure the text is identical in both cases?

M23

[NickolasC]

I am trying to automate connecting EasySet, a Samsung Telecom software, the text is "Let's connect system". When it is connected, the text does change, but when I disconnect it is again set to the same initial Text. But as I said, I loop trough the icons to MsgBox the text of each, and the value is null. It works by logging out/in of windows, but only once. It feels like the text is updated but wherever AutoIT gets the value from has the text registered as Null even tough it is visible on mouseover. I did double check that it is the same text. It toggles between "Let's connect system" and "Connected".

Is it the single quote messing things up again? : )

[Melba23]

NickolasC,

If you can get a value for $iSystray_ButtonNumber once, it should remain valid until the system reboots as any subsequent tray icons will take the next number in the queue - unless you start closing icons ahead of course.

So perhaps if you set up a variable to retain the value you obtain on the first call, you might be able to continue to access the icon despite its (seeming) lack of tooltip text.

Sorry I cannot be of more help - I have never met an icon with a tooltip that the script cannot read before.

M23