Checking if Text Exists

[lastlight]

Hello all,

I'm a newbie to AutoIt, and I'm trying to detect whether I currently have text in a field?

It's an automation program that is tabbing through boxes, entering text if it does not already exist.

TIA!

[Melba23]

lastlight,

Welcome to the AutoIt forum.

You may well have to a bit more than just TAB through the boxes if that is what you want to do. The command to do what you want is ControlGetText, but you need to define the control to read.

Have you used the Au3 Window Info Tool yet? You should find it at "C:\Program Files\AutoIt3\Au3Info.exe" if you have a standard install. It should enable you to get enough information on the boxes you are trying to fill to correctly identify them - and so allow you to read the contents. Look for the CLASS and INSTANCE details on the Control tab whan you are over the various boxes.

Give it a try and come back if you have problems.

M23

P.S. All the above assumes that it is a standard Windows App that you are automating - is that correct?

[vojnet]

This is exactly what I need - but all control ID's or other parameters seem to be changing dynamically. Every time the application is started, the Control IDs are different. How can I code for this? Is there a function to first get the ControlID and than pass it to the next function? I would be nice if there was something like ' IF current_control.visible_text="bla, bla" then ...else...'

Thanks a lot for any tips.

[JohnOne]

Control ID's usually are different, which is why...

  On 3/1/2010 at 4:56 PM, 'Melba23 said:

Look for the CLASS and INSTANCE details on the Control tab whan you are over the various boxes.

For example, if you were checking the edit control of notepad, in the id param you could put "[CLASS:Edit; INSTANCE:1]" (literally and with quotes) Edited May 22, 2011 by JohnOne

[Qvintus]

StringInStr(WhereToSearch, WhatToSearchFor)

[JohnOne]

  On 5/22/2011 at 9:48 PM, 'Qvintus said:

StringInStr(WhereToSearch, WhatToSearchFor)

That's fine, once the OP can read a string but the problem is getting the text from a GUI control at this point.

[vojnet]

So, I should use a variable to store the value from the Control (using Class and Instance)and then use the StringInStr to check if it matches what I am looking for? Can you use variables for the string/substring parts of StringInStr? Like: StringInStr ( "$abc", "$efg")?. I could then use InputBox to enter the values.

Thanks much for everyones help.

[somdcomputerguy]

Yes, you can use variables as parameters for StringInStr. For example, I have a line of code like this in one of my scripts: If StringInStr($Source, GUICtrlRead($Input_Text)) = 0 Then.

[vojnet]

  On 5/23/2011 at 1:35 PM, 'somdcomputerguy said:

Yes, you can use variables as parameters for StringInStr. For example, I have a line of code like this in one of my scripts: If StringInStr($Source, GUICtrlRead($Input_Text)) = 0 Then.

Thanks. This may be exactly what I need.

[somdcomputerguy]

You bet. Good luck with your project.

[amirmahallati]

Hi,

ControlGetText is very inflexible for me.  I am not able to verify the existence of whatever text that I want.  It just gets a specific text and none other.  Is this true, or am I not using it right?

Thanks

[JohnOne]

Post code.

[amirmahallati]

When I run the code below I get the error that I have attached.  This code is meant to click on the "Open with..." radio button in the screen that pops up in FireFox when trying to open a file, click on the "OK" button to open the PDF file, then verify the existence of the text "Cover Sheet" in the PDF file.

#region --- Au3Recorder generated code Start (v3.3.9.5 KeyboardLayout=00000409)  ---

#region --- Internal functions Au3Recorder Start ---
Func _Au3RecordSetup()
Opt('WinWaitDelay',100)
Opt('WinDetectHiddenText',1)
Opt('MouseCoordMode',0)
Local $aResult = DllCall('User32.dll', 'int', 'GetKeyboardLayoutNameW', 'wstr', '')
If $aResult[1] <> '00000409' Then
  MsgBox(64, 'Warning', 'Recording has been done under a different Keyboard layout' & @CRLF & '(00000409->' & $aResult[1] & ')')
EndIf

EndFunc

Func _WinWaitActivate($title,$text,$timeout=0)
    WinWait($title,$text,$timeout)
    If Not WinActive($title,$text) Then WinActivate($title,$text)
    WinWaitActive($title,$text,$timeout)
EndFunc

_AU3RecordSetup()
#endregion --- Internal functions Au3Recorder End ---

_WinWaitActivate("Opening","")
MouseClick("left",46,176,1)
MouseClick("left",287,297,1)
Opt("WinTitleMatchMode", 2)
ControlGetText("pdf". "Cover Sheet". "[CLASS:AVL_AVView; INSTANCE:17]")
#endregion --- Au3Recorder generated code End ---

[JohnOne]

  Quote

ControlGetText("pdf". "Cover Sheet". "[CLASS:AVL_AVView; INSTANCE:17]")

 

You have "." where you should have ","

[amirmahallati]

Thanks, I don't get that error anymore, but how do I verify that the text "Cover Sheet" exists in the PDF file.  I tried to do what you see in the code below, but no indication appears as to whether it passed. I don't get an error either if I try to compare $text with a text that doesn't exist in the PDF.

Local $text = ControlGetText("pdf", "Cover Sheet", "[CLASS:AVL_AVView; INSTANCE:17]")
StringInStr($text, "Cover Sheet")

[JohnOne]

I don't you believe can access a PDF like a standard win32 control, you should search for a pdf UDF.

Edited February 17, 2015 by JohnOne

[shreya]

i have got multiple line of text using wingettext()  for getting the text but i want to validate if few lines are present in that text how do i do it i m stuck please someone help?

[Jos]

@shreya,

I realize you just posted in a 9 years old thread which is totally unrelated to your question?
Anyways: Post your current script and show some more detailed information about the information you (want to) retrieve and what isn't working.

Jos