Cannot interact with window/controls...

[StMaSi]

Win XP Pro SP 3

AutoIt V3

AU3Info

I have an EXE-based patch updater that spawns a GUI window/interface (attachment 1) with multiple buttons/controls/etc. I have not been able to target the window or any of the buttons/controls/etc. within. AU3Info shows me some information about it (attachments 2 - 4), but no matter what I target, nothing happens. Unfortunately, there are no command-line switches to pipe through to the installer, so I can't do anything from that point of view. Any advice/suggestions? Here's the summary information:

>>>> Window <<<<

Title: Upgrade

Class: ThunderRT6FormDC

Position: 259, 177

Size: 507, 385

Style: 0x16C80080

ExStyle: 0x00000101

Handle: 0x000E0248

>>>> Control <<<<

Class:

Instance:

ClassnameNN:

Name:

Advanced (Class):

ID:

Text:

Position:

Size:

ControlClick Coords:

Style:

ExStyle:

Handle:

>>>> Mouse <<<<

Position: 625, 194

Cursor ID: 0

Color: 0x7D9BE3

>>>> StatusBar <<<<

>>>> ToolsBar <<<<

>>>> Visible Text <<<<

Cancel

Upgrade

>>>> Hidden Text <<<<

[JLogan3o13]

Hi, StMaSi. Can you tell us the name of the application you're installing/upgrading? Otherwise we're just shooting in the dark

[StMaSi]

It's an patch installer for a custom pharmacy application, written for our pharmacy. The app is called ConfigurX. The patch installer is an EXE that applies an embedded .MSP file in order to update an already-installed MSI. Unfortunately, I can't manually apply the .MSP file (after extracting the .MSP file from the EXE file) as it always errors out. Also, the vendor is no help...they say I won't be able to manually apply the .MSP file and that I just need to run the EXE and everything will be taken care of. Well, I thought it would be easier to be able to use an automation tool like AutoIt to hand this out to all of our PCs, but I just can't seem to interact with the patch installer. Thanx.

[jdelaney]

Send a screenshot of what is returned by this (applicaiton must already be running)

$hUpgradeWin = WinGetHandle ( "[CLASS:ThunderRT6FormDC; TITLE:Upgrade]" )
If IsHWnd ( $hUpgradeWin ) Then
 $aClasses = WinGetClassList ( $hUpgradeWin )
Else
 $aClasses = "unable to find window"
EndIf
MsgBox ( 1,1,$aClasses )

Edited October 25, 2012 by jdelaney

[StMaSi]

Results:

1

Animation20WndClass

ThunderRT6CommandButton

ThunderRT6CommandButton

[jdelaney]

cool beans, so i'm guessing you were not using the autoit info tool properly...to get the control info, you need to move the tools crosshair over the control.

Go ahead and do that against the Update button, and return us the screen shot of that, then we can help you click it...or run this, and return the output:

#include <Array.au3>
$hUpgradeWin = WinGetHandle ( "[CLASS:ThunderRT6FormDC; TITLE:Upgrade]" )
Dim $aControls[1][4]
$iCounter = 1
If IsHWnd ( $hUpgradeWin ) Then
 While IsHWnd ( ControlGetHandle ( $hUpgradeWin, "","[REGEXPCLASS:.*Button; INSTANCE:" & $iCounter & "]") )
  $hButton = ControlGetHandle ( $hUpgradeWin, "","[REGEXPCLASS:.*Button; INSTANCE:" & $iCounter & "]")
  $aPos = ControlGetPos ( $hUpgradeWin, "", $hButton )
  $text = ControlGetText ( $hUpgradeWin, "", $hButton )
  ReDim $aControls[$iCounter][4]
  $aControls[$iCounter-1][0] = $hButton
  $aControls[$iCounter-1][1] = $text
  $aControls[$iCounter-1][2] = $iCounter
  If IsArray ( $aPos ) Then
   $aControls[$iCounter-1][3] = $aPos[0] & "," & $aPos[1] & "," & $aPos[2] & "," & $aPos[3]
  Else
   $aControls[$iCounter-1][3] = "Can't get position"
  EndIf
  $iCounter += 1
 WEnd
Else
 MsgBox ( 1,1,"Unable to find window")
EndIf

_ArrayDisplay ( $aControls )

edit: fixed some syntax issues

Edited October 25, 2012 by jdelaney

[StMaSi]

I tried running the posted A3 script, but nothing happened, so I reverted to using the AU3Info program again. Here's the summary info, when hovering over just the "Update" button...

>>>> Window <<<<

Title: Upgrade

Class: ThunderRT6FormDC

Position: 160, 109

Size: 507, 385

Style: 0x16C80080

ExStyle: 0x00000101

Handle: 0x0004021A

>>>> Control <<<<

Class: ThunderRT6CommandButton

Instance: 2

ClassnameNN: ThunderRT6CommandButton2

Name:

Advanced (Class): [CLASS:ThunderRT6CommandButton; INSTANCE:2]

ID: 2

Text: Upgrade

Position: 256, 322

Size: 167, 23

ControlClick Coords: 69, 14

Style: 0x54012001

ExStyle: 0x00000004

Handle: 0x0010024A

>>>> Mouse <<<<

Position: 488, 474

Cursor ID: 0

Color: 0xECE9D8

>>>> StatusBar <<<<

>>>> ToolsBar <<<<

>>>> Visible Text <<<<

Cancel

Upgrade

>>>> Hidden Text <<<<

Edited October 25, 2012 by StMaSi

[jdelaney]

so, you would do something like this...

expandcollapse popup

; Get window handle
$hUpgradeWin = WinGetHandle ( "[CLASS:ThunderRT6FormDC; TITLE:Upgrade]" )
If Not IsHWnd ( $hUpgradeWin ) Then
 $bContinue = False
 MsgBox ( 1,1,"Unable to get window Handle")
Else
 $bContinue = True
EndIf
; Activate window handle
If $bContinue Then
 If Not IsHWnd ( WinActivate ( $hUpgradeWin ) ) Then
  $bContinue = False
  MsgBox ( 1,1, "Unable to activate window")
 EndIf
EndIf
; Get control handle
If $bContinue Then
 $hUpdateBtn = ControlGetHandle ( $hUpgradeWin, "", "[CLASS:ThunderRT6CommandButton; TEXT:Upgrade]" )
 If Not IsHWnd ( $hUpdateBtn ) Then
  $bContinue = False
  MsgBox ( 1,1,"Unable to get button Handle")
 EndIf
EndIf
; Focus on button ( I notice sometimes the click fails when skipping this step )
If $bContinue Then
 If Not ControlFocus ( $hUpgradeWin, "", $hUpdateBtn ) Then
  $bContinue = False
  MsgBox ( 1,1,"Unable to focus on button")
 EndIf
EndIf
; click button
If $bContinue Then
 If Not ControlClick ( $hUpgradeWin, "", $hUpdateBtn ) Then
  $bContinue = False
  MsgBox ( 1,1,"Unable to click button")
 EndIf
EndIf

it's a failry good (my opinion) example to use for scripting, so you know the failure point

[StMaSi]

Okay, here's the results...

First, I execute the patch installer. Then, this latest AutoIt script. If the patch installer window has focus, I receive an "Unable to get button Handle" error window. If the patch installer window does not have focus, I receive an "Unable to get window Handle" error window. Any other suggestions? Thanx.