How to read a listview that is dynamically updating

[jigne]

Hi there,

I'm using ControlListView("Title", "", "SysListView321", "GetText") to read items from a listview control in a window.

While one GetText command can only read one subitem, I have to use several ControlListView commands to get all subitems of an item in a same line.

But constantly and very quickly there are new items inserted to the top of the listview.

So between the two GetText commands the several lines at the top may changed.

And I read disordered information.

Could anyone help? Thx.

[bo8ster]

Can you remember the number from the bottem. So it is always 3rd from the bottom. "GetItemCount" -3

[jigne]

Mass, thx for reply.

The problem is that between the GetItemCount and the next GetText command, the top line may be altered by a new inserted line.

Even I remember the number from the bottom, the number may be wrong when I read the subitem.

I need some method to read all the subitems as a whole.

[jigne]

Somebody know?

[bo8ster]

That is tough. If the listview changes between function calls within AutoIT there is not much you can do.

Your options depend on what your trying to achieve. You could log it and stort though it later or somehow try to get a snapshot.

[picaxe]

If you can get the listview handle, then _GUICtrlListView_GetItemTextString can do it.

[Tvern]

or _GUICtrlListView_BeginUpdate() -> read data -> _GUICtrlListView_EndUpdate(), but I'm not sure if these functions work on listviews in other programs.