7Zip

[Suppish]

Still attempting to automate program installation, ran into another problem.

Currently, I am unable to get ControlClick to work. There must be something I am doing wrong here and I would like to have some advice on how to go about making the button click.

Here is the current code I have.

Run(@ScriptDir & "7-Zip 9.2.exe")

 

Local $7Zip = WinWaitActive ("7-Zip 9.20 Setup ","")

 

MsgBox ( $MB_OK, "Testing", "Going to click Install")

 

;ControlClick("7-Zip 9.20 Setup ", "", "[CLASS:Button; TEXT:&Install; INSTANCE:2]")

ControlClick( $7Zip, "", "[CLASS:Button; TEXT:&Install; INSTANCE:2]")

 

MsgBox ( $MB_OK, "Testing", "Hello")

 

When I run the code, it just skips over ControlClick without clicking anything.

Edited June 6, 2014 by Suppish

[jdelaney]

I doubt there are two instances of a button with text=&Install

ControlClick( $7Zip, "", "[CLASS:Button; TEXT:&Install]")

[Suppish]

Wait what?

That worked. But I am confused.

Sure there was only a single instance of &Install, but according to the AutoIt Window Info thingy it said the install button was Instance 2...

[jdelaney]

Those identifications are generally mutually exclusive.

It's the second instance of a button, but it's the first instance of a button with that specific text.

Also, I'd recommend the use of the ID, instead...assuming the install is id=4:

ControlClick( $7Zip, "", 4)

Edited June 6, 2014 by jdelaney

[AdamUL]

Why are you trying to automate the GUI for installation?  There is an MSI installer available that you can use to do a silent installation.  

msiexec.exe /i "7z920.msi" ALLUSERS=1 /qn /norestart /log output.log

Adam

Edited June 6, 2014 by AdamUL

[Suppish]

Aha, but you see; that would be the smart thing to do.

[AdamUL]

Nah, it's only smart, if you know about it.  When working with software installations, look for silent command line options first.  Use automating the GUI as a very last resort.  

 

Adam