HELP - Notepad.

[AidanProsser]

Hey, this is probably something very trivial to someone with more experience, but how would i select "format" , then "font" then change the size of the font, when using notepad? 

I have been able to run notepad etc but i cannot find the information to control click any item on the toolbar.

Edited June 18, 2014 by AidanProsser

[JLogan3o13]

Look at WinMenuSelectItem in the help file

 

Edit: Because things are slow:

WinMenuSelectItem("[CLASS:Notepad]", "",  "F&ormat", "&Font")

Edited June 18, 2014 by JLogan3o13

[AidanProsser]

oh ty, by the way.. how do u find the names of the menu items? .. my AutoIt Window Info doesnt seem to work on notepad 

Edited June 18, 2014 by AidanProsser

[jdelaney]

Example of looping through all menu items

#include <GuiMenu.au3>
Run("notepad.exe")
$hwnd = WinWait("[CLASS:Notepad]")
$iCounter = 0
$hParent = _GUICtrlMenu_GetMenu($hwnd)
RecursiveMenuItems($hParent)

Func RecursiveMenuItems($hMenu)
    $iCounter +=1
    For $i = 0 To _GUICtrlMenu_GetItemCount($hMenu)
        ConsoleWrite(StringFormat("%" & $iCounter & "s","") & _GUICtrlMenu_GetItemText($hMenu,$i) & @CRLF)
        RecursiveMenuItems(_GUICtrlMenu_GetItemSubMenu($hMenu, $i))
    Next
    $iCounter -=1
EndFunc

[JLogan3o13]

Basically any underlined, or key-combo enabled item, is available (ALT + F for File, Alt + H for help, etc.). As pointed out in the helpfile, the & symbol would go where before the underline char, so File becomes &File and Format becomes F&ormat.

[AidanProsser]

hmm, yes but in my notpad, no letters in any menu item are underlined, so in the previous example code, i dont understand why there are things like : "F&ormat" ? .. when the "o" is not underlined in my notepad

[jdelaney]

Open the menu with the "Alt" key, to see the underlines.

Edited June 19, 2014 by jdelaney

[AidanProsser]

ah, thanks a lot ! xD