Controlsettext Help

[tiger223]

ControlSetText("Telnet", "", "Edit1", "login pass" )

I need some help with the code above, i wanted to use the ControlSetText to automatically login to my telnet account, but for some reason it wont send the text. Since Send() function interupts with other instances of windows i attempted to use this method. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

[Valik]

Try ControlSend.

[Triton]

have you tried using autoit windows spy to find the names of the controls on the window u are sendign the text to?

[tiger223]

I have recently tried ControlSend as well:

ControlSend("Telnet", "", "Edit1", "login pass")

The window "Telnet" is correct, but im not sure about the Class "Edit1" , although it still doesn't work. Any further suggestions? Thanks.

[tiger223]

Yes Triton, i have used autoit windows spy and it didnt display the classname in the telnet dos window.

[Batch]

The window spy should tell you the control. Put your cursor over the box you put your password in and hit Ctrl+Alt+F to freeze the Window Spy, then you can copy the name of the "last control under mouse" into your script. I just wrote a script 5 minutes ago to automate my login to our tech support software here and I used "ControlSend" to do it.

[tiger223]

Batch, there is no box to type the password, it just types the password through dos. Like typing netstat in cmd.exe, I don't get any Last Control Under Mouse when i place my cursor there.

[Valik]

Control functions don't work with DOS windows. And, if you see no control in any window (Meaning, not just DOS), then a control function can't be used.

[tiger223]

Ah, Valik thanks. I was thinking of that but wasn't sure. Are there any other ways to send text to a dos window without interference such as the ones caused by Send ( ) ?

[scriptkitty]

test this for dos windows:

Run("cmd")
ProcessWait ("cmd.exe") 
winactivate("C:\")
send("dir{enter}")

Control don't work so good, but if you have active windows, send works fine.

this seems to work on XP well enough

ControlSend("C:\","","","dir{enter}")

edit, or more specifially

Run("cmd")
ProcessWait ("cmd.exe") 
winactivate("C:\")
ControlSend("C:\","","","dir{enter}")

Edited March 26, 2004 by scriptkitty