kor Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 (edited) I want to disable the "include a folder" button. This button is a built in windows button so I'm guessing I need to have my script always run, and always be checking for the existence of this button. If the button exists, disable it / gray it out. I'm not sure of the commands needed to access windows buttons. EDIT: after testing it seems windows always has a different handle of the button every time it is loaded. The only thing that seems to be consistent is the "advanced mode" and "text" Edited April 1, 2013 by kor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrewManNH Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 You could try ControlDisable, untested, but it appears to be what would work for you. If I posted any code, assume that code was written using the latest release version unless stated otherwise. Also, if it doesn't work on XP I can't help with that because I don't have access to XP, and I'm not going to.Give a programmer the correct code and he can do his work for a day. Teach a programmer to debug and he can do his work for a lifetime - by Chirag GudeHow to ask questions the smart way! I hereby grant any person the right to use any code I post, that I am the original author of, on the autoitscript.com forums, unless I've specifically stated otherwise in the code or the thread post. If you do use my code all I ask, as a courtesy, is to make note of where you got it from. Back up and restore Windows user files _Array.au3 - Modified array functions that include support for 2D arrays. - ColorChooser - An add-on for SciTE that pops up a color dialog so you can select and paste a color code into a script. - Customizable Splashscreen GUI w/Progress Bar - Create a custom "splash screen" GUI with a progress bar and custom label. - _FileGetProperty - Retrieve the properties of a file - SciTE Toolbar - A toolbar demo for use with the SciTE editor - GUIRegisterMsg demo - Demo script to show how to use the Windows messages to interact with controls and your GUI. - Latin Square password generator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kor Posted April 1, 2013 Author Share Posted April 1, 2013 (edited) ControlDisable("[CLASS:Button; INSTANCE:1]", "Include a folder", "") Doesn't seem to be working. Do I need more than this? Must the window have focus? EDIT: ControlDisable("", "Include a folder", "") seems to work but ONLY if the window has focus, and only if I have previously clicked on the button to give the button focus. I need something that will always be searching for this particular button and if it ever detects it even if it doesn't have focus then it disables it. Edited April 1, 2013 by kor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
water Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 For a Control* function the window doesn't have to have focus. What's the return value of ControlDisable? Or use ControlHide to completely hide it. My UDFs and Tutorials: Spoiler UDFs:Active Directory (NEW 2022-02-19 - Version 1.6.1.0) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts - WikiExcelChart (2017-07-21 - Version 0.4.0.1) - Download - General Help & Support - Example ScriptsOutlookEX (2021-11-16 - Version 1.7.0.0) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts - WikiOutlookEX_GUI (2021-04-13 - Version 1.4.0.0) - DownloadOutlook Tools (2019-07-22 - Version 0.6.0.0) - Download - General Help & Support - WikiPowerPoint (2021-08-31 - Version 1.5.0.0) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts - WikiTask Scheduler (NEW 2022-07-28 - Version 1.6.0.1) - Download - General Help & Support - Wiki Standard UDFs:Excel - Example Scripts - WikiWord - Wiki Tutorials:ADO - WikiWebDriver - Wiki Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kor Posted April 1, 2013 Author Share Posted April 1, 2013 This seems to work, but only if I give the button focus first. Any way around this? While 1 Sleep(250) If WinExists("test") Or WinExists("Save As") Then ConsoleWrite(".") ControlFocus("", "Include a folder", "") ControlDisable("", "", "[TEXT:Include a folder]") EndIf WEnd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrewManNH Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 You should include the title of the window, or at the very least the class: information for it, don't include the text of the window because that will probably change. You should use the control information "[CLASS:Button; INSTANCE:1]" for the control to interact with. If I posted any code, assume that code was written using the latest release version unless stated otherwise. Also, if it doesn't work on XP I can't help with that because I don't have access to XP, and I'm not going to.Give a programmer the correct code and he can do his work for a day. Teach a programmer to debug and he can do his work for a lifetime - by Chirag GudeHow to ask questions the smart way! I hereby grant any person the right to use any code I post, that I am the original author of, on the autoitscript.com forums, unless I've specifically stated otherwise in the code or the thread post. If you do use my code all I ask, as a courtesy, is to make note of where you got it from. Back up and restore Windows user files _Array.au3 - Modified array functions that include support for 2D arrays. - ColorChooser - An add-on for SciTE that pops up a color dialog so you can select and paste a color code into a script. - Customizable Splashscreen GUI w/Progress Bar - Create a custom "splash screen" GUI with a progress bar and custom label. - _FileGetProperty - Retrieve the properties of a file - SciTE Toolbar - A toolbar demo for use with the SciTE editor - GUIRegisterMsg demo - Demo script to show how to use the Windows messages to interact with controls and your GUI. - Latin Square password generator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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