Issue with combobox in an app

[Mechaflash]

Automating searches in Foxit Reader, and there's a dropdown that lets you select common folders to search in, and one of the options is "<Browse...>". I use ControlCommand() to select browse and a window "Browse For Folder" appears. This is what's interesting... my script pauses...

I put in a consolewrite() after the ControlCommand() and it nvr prints to the console. I even put an AdLibRegister() function prior to the ControlCommand() and THAT never runs either. The script DOES continue AFTER I close the "Browse For Folder" window... WTH!?

Func _FoxitWindow()
    Opt("WinTitleMatchMode", 2) ; Perform a string-in-string type search for window titles.
    Opt("CaretCoordMode", 0) ; Define window coordinates relative to the defined window
    AdlibRegister("_Browse")
    ControlCommand("Foxit Reader", "", "[CLASS:ComboBox; INSTANCE:1]", "SelectString", "<Browse...>")
    ;At this point the Browse For Window appears
    consolewrite("test 1" & @CRLF) ; never populates
EndFunc

Func _Browse()
    ConsoleWrite("BROWSE" & @CRLF) ; never populates
    If WinExists("Browse For Folder") Then
        AdlibUnRegister("_Browse")
        ControlSetText("Browse For Folder", "", "[CLASS:Edit; INSTANCE:1]", "\\test\folder", 1)
    EndIf
EndFunc

Edited April 4, 2013 by Mechaflash

[jdelaney]

The new window deadlocks your script. send the 'controlcommand' from another process...helpfile = 'command line parameters'...option 4, i believe.

This will probably work:

Run(@AutoItExe & " /AutoIt3ExecuteLine " & 'ControlCommand("Foxit Reader", "", "[CLASS:ComboBox; INSTANCE:1]", "SelectString", "<Browse...>")')

allows the new process to be deadlocked instead.

edit: oops, need to have the command wrapped:

Run(@AutoItExe & " /AutoIt3ExecuteLine  ""ControlCommand('Foxit Reader', '', '[CLASS:ComboBox; INSTANCE:1]', 'SelectString', '<Browse...>')""")

Edited April 4, 2013 by jdelaney

[Mechaflash]

for some reason it doesn't execute...

EDIT:

Had to change the title for the window in ControlCommand() to the entire title length, as I had

Opt("WinTitleMatchMode", 2) ; stringinstr type search in titles

in my full script

EDIT2:

Meh... after compiling to an .exe it doesn't run the command

Edited April 5, 2013 by Mechaflash

[Mechaflash]

What would cause this to run not compiled but it won't run compiled?

Func _FoxitWindow()
    Opt("WinTitleMatchMode", 2) ; Perform a string-in-string type search for window titles.
    Opt("CaretCoordMode", 0) ; Define window coordinates relative to the defined window
    $command = "ControlCommand('Start - Foxit Reader', '', '[CLASS:ComboBox; INSTANCE:1]', 'SelectString', '<Browse...>')"
    WinActivate("Foxit Reader")
    WinWaitActive("Foxit Reader")
    $pid = Run(@AutoItExe & ' /AutoIt3ExecuteLine "' & $command & '"') ; doesn't perform the $command if compiled
    If WinWait("Browse For Folder", "", 3) Then ; timeout DOES occur when the above command doesn't execute even if compiled
        ProcessClose($pid)
        ControlSetText("Browse For Folder", "", "[CLASS:Edit; INSTANCE:1]", "\\inet\acis", 1)
    Else
        msgbox(0,"","Timed out waiting for the ""Browse For Folder"" window.")
        Exit
    EndIf
    ConsoleWrite("test 1" & @CRLF)
EndFunc

Edited April 5, 2013 by Mechaflash

[Mechaflash]

If anyone has any suggestions, please post. I went ahead and just compiled the command in its own executable and ran it in that manner... but I'd rather just be able to run the one liner in the running application.

[jdelaney]

Not sure...I use this in my compiled scripts...it uses handles, and works everytime (sendcommandid, rather than select string, but the results should be the same):

$sPID = Run(@AutoItExe & ' /AutoIt3ExecuteLine "ControlCommand ( hwnd(' & $hCallersWindow & '),'''', hwnd(' & $hCallersToolbar & '), ''SendCommandID'', ' & $iCallersCommandID & ' )"')