How to use information I retreive in script

[lazylivin]

Hi there, I am new to Autoit. Have a question regarding how to obtain information I retreive. For example I need to obtain text from the title of a window and later use that in a path. For example I am using ControlGetText ( "title", "text", controlID ). How can I later access this information. I am going to send the following as a path. servernamefoldertext_obtained_from_Control_get_text

Thank you  for your help.

 

[JLogan3o13]

Create a variable, like so:

$title = WinGetTitle("[CLASS:Notepad]", "")
MsgBox(0, "", $title)

And then use it in your path like so:

\\servername\folder\" & $title

[lazylivin]

Thank you very much for your help and so fast.

[JLogan3o13]

Glad to be of service.

[lazylivin]

One last question, the info I am trying to retreive is in the visible text. This is the information of the control in the summary. And here is script

WinWaitActive("Database Login")
$title = WinGetText("[CLASS:Static; 
INSTANCE:2]", "")
MsgBox(0, "", $title)

>>>> Window <<<<
Title: Database Login
Class: #32770
Position: 792, 430
Size: 336, 173
Style: 0x94C80AC4
ExStyle: 0x00010501
Handle: 0x00300708

>>>> Control <<<<
Class: Static
Instance: 2
ClassnameNN: Static2
Name: 
Advanced (Class): [CLASS:Static; INSTANCE:2]
ID: 1624
Text: Optical Disk-749517
Position: 93, 20
Size: 219, 20
ControlClick Coords: 86, 13
Style: 0x50021280
ExStyle: 0x00020004
Handle: 0x0031074A

>>>> Mouse <<<<
Position: 974, 492
Cursor ID: 0
Color: 0x69679E

>>>> StatusBar <<<<

>>>> ToolsBar <<<<

>>>> Visible Text <<<<
Database title:
Optical Disk-749517
&Password:
OK
Cancel
&Help

>>>> Hidden Text <<<<

[JLogan3o13]

I apologize, your first post mentioned getting the title of the window, but your second looks more like you're trying to interact with a particular control. Is this text on a particular control (button, etc.), or just in the window? You should be able to still follow the suggestion of creating a variable using ControlGetText, if it is the latter.

Edited September 30, 2013 by JLogan3o13

[lazylivin]

It is a static control. Grayed out box with a value. When I run the following script

$title = ControlGetText ( "[CLASS:Static; INSTANCE:2]", "", "" )
MsgBox(0, "", $title)

It comes back with the following message containg _acroT_win_9Plus

I am not sure where it is getting this value from as it is not any text from that window.

Here is the window, I am trying to get the value in the Database Title field and use that later in the path to export to.

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Thank you for helping me with this.

Edited September 30, 2013 by lazylivin

[lazylivin]

Just wanted to let you know I got it. My goal was to export using a unique folder name so I don't overwrite what is there already. The Random Function worked well for me. So I used that as my solution. Thank you for your help as it led me to the solution.