jezzer Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 Hi All,Dipping my toe here into AutoIt water and finding it a little frustrating getting even simple things to work as expected.I've been trying to ControlClick on the Finish button of an InstallShield dialog and I cannot get it to work. So trying to work around this by moving the mouse over the button myself, Ive walked into this oddity.Code looks like:-if WinWaitActive("InstallShield Wizard", "InstallShield Wizard Complete", 5) <> 0 then Msgbox(0, "AutoInstaller", "Finished") Else Msgbox(0, "AutoInstaller", "TimedOut") Endif MouseMove (100, 100)If the WinWaitActive call times out, the MouseMove works fine BUT does nothing if the other half of the branch is run.There is also a Finish button on the dialog. I have tried in vainControlClick("", "", "[Text:Finish]")aswell as various other combinations, and cannot dismiss the dialog. Sob!Any ideas ?Jez Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnOne Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 MouseMove does nothing more than move the mouse, it is not supposed to do anything else so I assume that is working fine. In controlclick you will need to provide the window name as you did with WinwaitActive, or handle to that window assuming the "[Text:Finished]" ID is correct that is. AutoIt Absolute Beginners Require a serial Pause Script Video Tutorials by Morthawt ipify Monkey's are, like, natures humans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jezzer Posted January 17, 2012 Author Share Posted January 17, 2012 (edited) No, the mouse doesnt move at all when the window becomes active (in my test its always there, I just dont click on it to make it active). If I let it time out, mouse moves quite happily to 100, 100 I have tried this too but it doesnt work either. ControlClick("InstallShield Wizard", "InstallShield Wizard Complete", "[Text:Finish]") I wrote my own test dialog and it is dismissed Ok. I'm convinced its something specific to InstallShield dialogs and wonder whether the two issues are connected in some way. Edited January 17, 2012 by jezzer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators JLogan3o13 Posted January 17, 2012 Moderators Share Posted January 17, 2012 Hi, Jezzer. Not to post too much off topic, but since this is an Installshield installation that means it is an MSI. Even if it is a Setup.exe, the MSI is embedded inside. I would highly suggest you do some googling on extracting the MSI from an Installshield executable (normally it saves this file to your temp directory), and then run the MSI. Not only do you have many more options to run it silently, it will also run much more quickly. "Profanity is the last vestige of the feeble mind. For the man who cannot express himself forcibly through intellect must do so through shock and awe" - Spencer W. Kimball How to get your question answered on this forum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jezzer Posted January 17, 2012 Author Share Posted January 17, 2012 Thanks for the info though I wasn't planning to delve into MSI's. Seems like when the Installshield dialog is active, MouseMove never works: WinActivate("InstallShield Wizard") MouseMove (100, 100) ;this does nothing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnOne Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 It would seem then that That particular app installation does not want to be automated. Try using the ControlClick Advanced class ControlClick("InstallShield Wizard", "", "[advanced class here]") Although if it is indeed resisting automation then it's likely Controlclick will be blocked also. AutoIt Absolute Beginners Require a serial Pause Script Video Tutorials by Morthawt ipify Monkey's are, like, natures humans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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