jaysonp Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 Good day: I'm a newbie on AutoIt and I don't know if my post has been answered before. If in case it was, my apologies. (I was not able to see it inside the forum) I assume that my question would be basic. What I wanted to do are 2 things: 1. Activate the window in order to 2. Set the text in the text box My problem is I can't activate the window where the text\edit box is found. Follow-up problem would be how to place text on the textbox (Will I use ControlSend). Below are my code and the window information about the executable I want to run automatically: *** CODE *** : Run('"C:\Program Files\Sandboxie\Start.exe" /box:__ask__ run_dialog') _WinWaitActivate("Run Sandboxed", "Select the sandbox i") Send("{TAB}{ENTER}") _WinWaitActivate("[#] Run Sandboxed - DefaultBox [#]", "&OK") if WinWait("[#] Run Sandboxed - DefaultBox [#]", "&OK", 10) Then ControlSend($title, "", "Edit1", "c:\WINDOWS\system32\calc.exe") EndIf Func _WinWaitActivate($title, $text) WinWait($title, $text) if not WinActive($title, $text) Then WinActivate($title, $text) EndIf WinWaitActive($title, $text) EndFunc ****** END OF CODE ******* ***** WINDOW INFORMATION ****** >>>> Window <<<< Title: [#] Run Sandboxed - DefaultBox [#] Class: #32770 Position: 100, 100 Size: 531, 156 Style: 0x94C800C4 ExStyle: 0x00010101 Handle: 0x00AD01E0 >>>> Control <<<< Class: Instance: ClassnameNN: Name: Advanced (Class): ID: Text: Position: Size: ControlClick Coords: Style: ExStyle: Handle: >>>> Mouse <<<< Position: 246, 115 Cursor ID: 0 Color: 0x7B99E1 >>>> StatusBar <<<< >>>> ToolsBar <<<< >>>> Visible Text <<<< &OK &Cancel &Browse... Type the name of a program or folder and Sandboxie will open it for you. Type . (the point character) to explore your desktop with Sandboxie. >>>> Hidden Text <<<< ****** END OF INFORMATION ***** Any feedback is greatly appreciated jaysonp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zedna Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 (edited) Try this ControlSend("Run Sandboxed", "", "", "{TAB}{ENTER}") When controlID="" then it will send it to active control inside window EDIT: in your code ControlSend($title, "", "Edit1", "c:\WINDOWS\system32\calc.exe") there is not defined variable $title so try this ControlSend("[#] Run Sandboxed - DefaultBox [#]", "", "Edit1", "c:\WINDOWS\system32\calc.exe") Edited May 22, 2011 by Zedna Resources UDF ResourcesEx UDF AutoIt Forum Search Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaysonp Posted May 23, 2011 Author Share Posted May 23, 2011 Thank you very much for the reply Zedna. Actually I just forgot to place the hard-coded string in the $title variable. Anyways, I tried to do what you suggested but still no luck. What I observed is even though I am trying to reactivate the Window (code snippet below), still the Window is not focused. if not WinWait("[#] Run Sandboxed - DefaultBox [#]", "Type the name of a", 10) Then WinActivate("[#] Run Sandboxed - DefaultBox [#]", "Type the name of a") ControlSend("[#] Run Sandboxed - DefaultBox [#]", "", "Edit", "c:\WINDOWS\system32\calc.exe") EndIf In case you need window information, you may still reference the window information on my original post. Again, thanks for the feedback Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somdcomputerguy Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 Try If WinWait, instead of If Not WinWait. I might be wrong, but I'm reading you're code as saying: if the window isn't there, activate it (give it focus). You could leave it the way it is, and put a Run statement before the WinActivate, actually, you probably won't even need to give it focus, unless another program takes focus from it right away, after the Run. - Bruce /*somdcomputerguy */ If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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