Existing GUI Data

[BSBAL18]

I have one question that is basic that i cannot seem to find ANYWHERE around the forum. If i have an existing GUI (say some normal application is running). I can get information on the GUI, move it, resize it, etc etc. However, the one thing i am trying to do is to read the GUI's textbox/buttonText/combo box details. How would I go about doing this? Basically just gathering information from WITHIN the GUI itself, beyond the amatuer 'GetWinText' and other 'Get's. My main concern is reading a ever-changing combobox and being able to 'check' the items i want, which can appear in random order. ANy direction would be appreciated, even if its just 'look at the topic <x> in the help file'.

[water]

Welcome to AutoIt and the forum!

Please have a look a the "ControlCommand" function.

Edited December 8, 2011 by water

[BSBAL18]

i use the below...

curTitle = .WinGetTitle("[active]")

curTxt = .WinGetText("[active]")

testControl = .ControlGetText(curTitle, curTxt, "717")

i used winInfo to get the ID, and its just a textbox on the GUI... but the @error always kicks (doesnt tell me anything) and the TextControl var returns a "" (which from doc means it errored).

Nothing seems to be working. The curTitle and curTxt works when i watch the vars... but after that, it doesnt return anything.... Thoughts?

[water]

Could you please post the real code you use? The code you posted will raise syntax errors and therefore never run.

A screenshot of the GUI you want to automate would be fine too.

[BSBAL18]

Public Sub ProcessEntries()

Dim oAutoIt As New AutoItX3

Dim curText As String

Dim curTitle As String

Dim curData As String

oAutoIt.Sleep 4000

'This works just fine

curTitle = oAutoIt.WinGetTitle("[active]")

curText = oAutoIt.WinGetText("[active]")

'This doesnt work at all (either using the ID in a string, or as a nonString

curData = oAutoIt.ControlGetText(curTitle, curText, "93697896")

err = oAutoIt.Error

'In the above test....

' curData returns ""

' Err returns... 1

' Description: ""

' HelpContext: 0

' HelpFile: ""

' LastDllError: 0

' Number: 1

' Source: ""

Stop 'used for watching the vars

End Sub

[water]

You seem to use AutoItObject. Is this intended?

[BSBAL18]

Yes, i use it through Microsoft Office Excel VBA programming because i use Excel as a data reference to easily loop through and populate the cells with data as the automation is running.

[water]

Unfortunately I can't help you with this. But maybe you get some answer on the