winwaitactive unexpected behaviour

[didimons]

Hello,

I'v written a script to automatically install an oracle program, the script has 5 steps that call up a dos box as shown in the example below:

RunWait ("X:\p5983622_10123_WINNT\Disk1\setup.exe -responseFile x:\response\install_disco10gr2_win7 -ignoreSysPrereqs -silent", "", @SW_HIDE)
Sleep (20000)
WinWaitActive ("Oracle Universal Installer")
Send ("{ENTER}")
WinWaitClose("Oracle Universal Installer")

the problem is that sometimes the installer doesn't continue because the oracle universal installer window is not in the foreground (e.g.: another dos window has been opened by the user). The installer continues once you click on the oracle universal installer dos window.

I'm trying to find a way around this perticualr issue. I've tried adding Opt("WinTitleMatchMode",3) as seen below:

RunWait ("X:\p5983622_10123_WINNT\Disk1\setup.exe -responseFile x:\response\install_disco10gr2_win7 -ignoreSysPrereqs -silent", "", @SW_HIDE)
Sleep (20000)
Opt("WinTitleMatchMode",3)
WinWaitActive ("Oracle Universal Installer")
Send ("{ENTER}")
WinWaitClose("Oracle Universal Installer")

This doesn't have the desired effect, is the opt parameter a working parameter or is it in the wrong place to get it working ?

According to the autoit v3 windows info the oracle universal installer window has the properties shown below:

Title: Oracle Universal Installer

Class: ConsoleWindowClass

Any feedback will be appreciated

[JohnOne]

WinWait("Oracle Universal Installer")
WinActivate("Oracle Universal Installer")
WinWaitActive ("Oracle Universal Installer")
Send ("{ENTER}")

Edited September 1, 2011 by JohnOne

[didimons]

thank you for the quick reply, the code works perfectly! However I'm trying to do the same with the next step of the installer that starts a batch file.

In the batch file I give a header to the window name by using the code below in bold:

TITLE opatch_win7_1

Set oracle_home=d:\oracle\disco10gr2

set OPATCH_PLATFORM_ID=215

Set path=%oracle_home%\opatch;%path%

Set path=%path%;%oracle_home%\perl\5.6.1\bin\MSWin32-x86

cd X:\p7277413_10123_WINNT\7277413

x:

perl d:\oracle\Disco10gR2\OPatch\opatch.pl apply

this results in a dos window with the title: Administrator: opatch_win7_1 according to the autoit v3 windows info

I then try the code below to get the same result as with the oracle universal installer window:

Run ("X:\response\opatch_win7_1.bat")
Sleep (10000)
WinWait("Administrator: opatch_win7_1")
WinActivate("Administrator: opatch_win7_1")
WinWaitActive ("Administrator: opatch_win7_1")
Send ("y{ENTER}")
WinWaitClose ("Administrator: opatch_win7_1")

This doesn't seem to work, is the title I'm using incorrect or am I missing a parameter in the winwait commands?

In my previous version I used the script below but had the problem described in my previous post when another dos window was open

Run ("X:\response\opatch_win7_1.bat")
Sleep (10000)
WinWaitActive ("[CLASS:ConsoleWindowClass]")
Send ("y{ENTER}")
WinWaitClose ("[CLASS:ConsoleWindowClass]")

Edited September 1, 2011 by didimons

[didimons]

I have found the cause of my problem, in my batch file I used TITLE opatch_win7_1 once this dos box opens it shows at first glance as title Administrator: opatch_win7_1. But apparently an extra space has been added between ":" and "opatch_win7_1" making it Administrator: opatch_win7_1

Modifying my script to include this extra script made it work:

Run ("X:\response\opatch_win7_1.bat")
Sleep (10000)
WinWait("Administrator:  opatch_win7_1")
WinActivate("Administrator:  opatch_win7_1")
WinWaitActive ("Administrator:  opatch_win7_1")
Send ("y{ENTER}")
WinWaitClose ("Administrator:  opatch_win7_1")

thanks for the help

[Blue_Drache]

Do yourself a favor... work with the window handles instead of window titles. Titles change, handles don't.

[didimons]

how can I do this ? I don't have much experience with window handles... The examples I've seen suggest that you have to use the class and text in the window to be able to get the handle but with dosboxes you only get the class ConsoleWindowClass and I can't read anything that is text in a dos box... How does it then know the difference between a dos box that is already open and the dos box that is launched by the batch file ?

[didimons]

how can I do this ? I don't have much experience with window handles... The examples I've seen suggest that you have to use the class and text in the window to be able to get the handle but with dosboxes you only get the class ConsoleWindowClass and I can't read anything that is text in a dos box... How does it then know the difference between a dos box that is already open and the dos box that is launched by the batch file ?

never mind, found it! thx for the tip