how to see the value of a variable in SciTE4AutoIt3

[julia]

Dear all,

I'm quite new with AutoIt and programming in general. I'm trying to use AutoIt to periodically download data from a device which has an associated software for this purpose.

I'd like to use a simple function that I found in the web: _ControlMouseClick.au3 but I can't.

Global $aPos
$iTitle = "Kestrel® Tracker - Communicator"
$iText = "&Load from Kestrel® Tracker"
$iControl = "132512"
$iButton = "left"
$iClicks = "1"
$iSpeed = "10"
$iXpos = ""
$iYpos = ""
$iOriginal = Opt("MouseCoordMode", 2) ;Get the current MouseCoordMode; Change the MouseCoordMode to relative coords
$aPos = ControlGetPos($iTitle, $iText, $iControl) ;Get the position of the given control
;MouseClick($iButton,$aPos[0] + ($aPos[2]/2) + $iXpos, $aPos[1] + ($aPos[3]/2) + $iYpos, $iClicks, $iSpeed) ;Move the mouse and click on the given control
Opt("MouseCoordMode",$iOriginal) ;Change the MouseCoordMode back to the original

Trying to find out the problem, I would like to see the value of a variable ($aPos) on SciTE4AutoIt3 command line (?), how should I do that?

This is probably a very basic question but I would apprecite very much your help.

Thanks in advance.

[Melba23]

julia,

Welcome the the AutoIt forum.

You can do this by using either ConsoleWrite (the data appears in the lower SciTE pane while the script continues) or MsgBox (you see a dialog and the script halts until it is closed). Here is how you might do it:

Global $aPos
$iTitle = "Kestrel® Tracker - Communicator"
$iText = "&Load from Kestrel® Tracker"
$iControl = "132512"
$iButton = "left"
$iClicks = "1"
$iSpeed = "10"
$iXpos = ""
$iYpos = ""
$iOriginal = Opt("MouseCoordMode", 2) ;Get the current MouseCoordMode; Change the MouseCoordMode to relative coords
$aPos = ControlGetPos($iTitle, $iText, $iControl) ;Get the position of the given control

; Do some errorchecking
If IsArray($aPos) Then
    ; Now choose one of these and comment out the other
    ConsoleWrite($aPos[0] & " - " & $aPos[1] & @CRLF)
    MsgBox(0, "Position", $aPos[0] & " - " & $aPos[1])
Else
    ; And then the matching one of these
    ConsoleWrite("Error" & @CRLF)
    MsgBox(0, "Position", "Error")
EndIf

;MouseClick($iButton,$aPos[0] + ($aPos[2]/2) + $iXpos, $aPos[1] + ($aPos[3]/2) + $iYpos, $iClicks, $iSpeed) ;Move the mouse and click on the given control
Opt("MouseCoordMode",$iOriginal) ;Change the MouseCoordMode back to the original

All clear?

M23

[julia]

Dear M23,

thank for your reply. I understand yuor suggestion. I tried it with a different control and it works.

Thank you very much.