How to get by script/command the Text data from au3info control tab

[epia]

Hello,

i try to read the containing text of some controls of a programm that runs under WinNT. AutoIt runs well for most controls with ControlGetText. But for some controls ControlGetText fails. They give back only empty strings.

As example the control tab of au3info says for one of the failing controls:

Class Static

Instance 138

ClassnameNN Static138

Advanced [Class: Static; Instance: 138]

ID 8290

Text 23735 <== Needs this text, its a changing programm status information

Position 1182, 835

Size 40, 15

Controlclick Coord. 19, 8

Ex....

Style...

Handle 0x0001036A

The control of this example is identified and accessable. I need as programm status information the Text that is marked in the example above (next under ID). The succesfull accessed controls doesnt show any text at that line with au3info.exe. It seems not to be a containing text but the control identification text which is used within the script commands e.g ControlGetText ( "title", "text", controlID ).

So what kind of text is this?

How to get the same data like the "Text" from au3info programmaticly with autoit script?

Regards, epia.

[rvn]

try this

$controltext = ControlGetText("wintitle","","[CLASS:Static; INSTANCE:138]")
ConsoleWrite("$controltext " & $controltext & @CRLF)

[epia]

Hi rvn,

thank you for helping.

Your code is working succesfully for my "bad" controls.

I tried it with

$controltext = ControlGetText("wintitle","",8920).

Why its better to use

$controltext = ControlGetText("wintitle","","[CLASS:Static; INSTANCE:138]") ?

Regards,

epia

[rvn]

i never say it better... i though you fail with ID?!

[epia]

Hi rvn,

obviously, you are right

But of course i am interested in a technical reason to learn for better scripting.

Yours, epia