Cannot SEND commands to Active Window

[dachizzla]

I am attempting to kick off an application with my script, change the value of a drop-down menu and click a couple of buttons. THe application opens. I used Au3recorder to get the code for the dropdown and button presses. The applcation opens, but none of the send commands are working. Even when I used mouseclicks, those did not work. Below is the snippet of the script.

#include <GUIConstants.au3>

#include <Array.au3>

#include <WinAPI.au3>

#include <WindowsConstants.au3>

#include <EditConstants.au3>

#include <TabConstants.au3>

#include <UpDownConstants.au3>

#RequireAdmin

#NoTrayIcon

$debugging = True

FileChangeDir (@ScriptDir)

; Enabling USB Write

RunWait (@ComSpec & " /c Enablewrite.bat","",@SW_SHOW)

; Programming USB Plunger

WinWait("Delcom Setup Utility Ver 1.0","Device Name: \\?\hid")

WinActivate("Delcom Setup Utility Ver 1.0","Device Name: \\?\hid")

MouseClick("left",204,182,1)

MouseClick("left",176,314,1)

MouseClick("left",401,331,1)

WinWait("Program Manager","FolderView")

WinActivate("Program Manager","FolderView")

MouseClick("left",42,93,1)

WinWait("Confirm","Program device with ")

WinActivate("Confirm","Program device with ")

MouseClick("left",50,94,1)

WinWait("Delcom Setup Utility Ver 1.0","Device Name: \\?\hid")

WinActivate("Delcom Setup Utility Ver 1.0","Device Name: \\?\hid")

MouseMove(26,40)

MouseDown("left")

MouseMove(25,39)

MouseUp("left")

MouseClick("left",559,335,1)

RunWait (@ComSpec & " /c Disablewrite.bat","",@SW_SHOW)

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I've also tried it this way:

#include <GUIConstants.au3>

#include <Array.au3>

#include <WinAPI.au3>

#include <WindowsConstants.au3>

#include <EditConstants.au3>

#include <TabConstants.au3>

#include <UpDownConstants.au3>

#RequireAdmin

#NoTrayIcon

$debugging = True

FileChangeDir (@ScriptDir)

; Enabling USB Write

RunWait (@ComSpec & " /c Enablewrite.bat","",@SW_SHOW)

; Programming USB Plunger

WinWaitActive("Delcom Setup Utility Ver 1.0","Device Name: \\?\hid")

Send("{TAB}{TAB}{TAB}{TAB}{DOWN}{DOWN}{DOWN}{DOWN}{DOWN}{DOWN}{DOWN}{DOWN}{DOWN}{TAB}{TAB}{TAB}{TAB}{TAB}{TAB}{TAB}{TAB}{TAB}{TAB}{TAB}{TAB}{TAB}{TAB}{TAB}{TAB}{TAB}{TAB}{ENTER}")

WinWaitActive("Program Manager","FolderView")

Send("{ENTER}")

WinWaitActive("Delcom Setup Utility Ver 1.0","Device Name: \\?\hid")

Send("{TAB}{ENTER}")

RunWait (@ComSpec & " /c Disablewrite.bat","",@SW_SHOW)

[Mechaflash]

Does using the Window Info tool give you the control IDs/Classes of the dropdowns and buttons? Using strictly coordinates and TABing isn't generally the way you would want to approach it unless you absolutely have to.

[JLogan3o13]

Hi, dachizzla, welcome to the forum. I think Control commands will serve you better for this application. If you use the AutoIt Window Info tool (Inside the AutoIt directory: Au3Info.exe), you'll see that every drop-down and checkbox has an ID. This app almost looks like an AutoIt tool, so you should easily be able to find the ID and then Use a ControlSend or other method to interact with it.