How to find a control if ID duplicates

[birbird]

This is the code of mine

$aList = WinList("[CLASS:#32770; W:491; H:369]")

It does not work. Could anyone please tell what is the right way to use size to find window?

[JohnOne]

Works fine here.

Show all your code.

[water]

Works fine here when used with Notepad.

[water]

When you say "does not work", how do you know that it does not work?

[birbird]

Thanks for your help, I will check my code.

[birbird]

I don't know why, maybe the application is not well written.

On a window, there are 2 controls with the same ID. The one is a Edit, the other is a Static (Class).

ControlSetText($hWnd, "", "[ID:1032]", "")

can not find the control I want.

ControlSetText($hWnd, "", "[CLASSNN:Edit7]", "")

can not work either, because the number after Edit vary in different run.

ControlSetText($hWnd, "", "[CLASS:Edit; ID:1032]", "")

is right logically, but it seems other parameter is ignored if ID presents. This does not work either.

How could I get the Edit with ID 1032 while there is another control's ID is 1032 too?

Any help will highly appreciated! 

[birbird]

I find a workaround is that click an other control first (it has an unique ID), then the Edit will get focus as designed, then Send will do the job.

But I still want to know if I can ControlSetText it under this situation?

Edited June 29, 2015 by birbird

[MikahS]

Can you post the Info you get from the Window info tool? It could have differences in instance numbers that you can use to specify which control you want.

[birbird]

Can you post the Info you get from the Window info tool? It could have differences in instance numbers that you can use to specify which control you want.

Thank you for your idea.

I guess you mean 

ControlSetText($hWnd, "", "[CLASS:Edit; INSTANCE:1]", "")

I have tried it, I fail because the instance num vary in different run.

The Window Info is like this

Edited June 29, 2015 by birbird

[birbird]

Sorry new to autoit, after frustrated much, I think finding control by position and size is a reliable method.

But I can't make it work, this is my test code to caculator.

$hWnd = WinWait("[W:423; H:323]")
ConsoleWrite($hWnd & @CRLF)

Local $sText = ControlGetText($hWnd, "", "[ID:323]")
ConsoleWrite($sText & @CRLF)

Local $sText2 = ControlGetText($hWnd, "", "[X:150; Y:70; W:50; H:16]")
ConsoleWrite($sText2 & @CRLF)

It can find the control by ID, but fail by position and size. Please help 

The Window Info is 

[birbird]

This code work well to windows caculator

$hWnd = WinWait("[W:423; H:323]")
ConsoleWrite($hWnd & @CRLF)

So it shoud be something else wrong with my code, nothing to do with W / H

[water]

Can you please explain why you need to find controls by position and not by ID or Classname?

[birbird]

Can you please explain why you need to find controls by position and not by ID or Classname?

Please see this post #1255468

 

[water]

Why did you start a second thread for the same problem? I'm sure searching a control by its coordinates isnt't the best way.
I've never heard of two controls having the same ID.

Can you please post the screenshot of the AutoIt Window Info Tool for BOTH controls?

[Jos]

3 threads merged, please stick to one thread from here on.

Jos

Edited June 29, 2015 by Jos

[birbird]

Why did you start a second thread for the same problem? I'm sure searching a control by its coordinates isnt't the best way.
I've never heard of two controls having the same ID.

Can you please post the screenshot of the AutoIt Window Info Tool for BOTH controls?

Here they are

 

 

Edited June 29, 2015 by birbird

[water]

Have you tried to access the control by specifying the Value from "Advanced Mode"?

[birbird]

3 threads merged, please stick to one thread from here on.

Jos

Sorry for too many threads.

I started a thread about how to find control by position and size just because it is a stand alone problem.

I just red https://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/docs/intro/controls.htm, it says position and size can be used to identify a control, but no example. 

Then I write an example, but not work and don't know what is wrong.

So I started a thread ask for identify a control by position and size.

No matter how I solve the other problem finally, I want know the right way to find a control by position and size.

Please help me. 

 

And, at least the identify window by size problem should not be merged, it has nothing to do with other problems.

Anyway, I am clear about the window problem, that's all right.

Edited June 29, 2015 by birbird

[birbird]

Have you tried to access the control by specifying the Value from "Advanced Mode"?

Yes, I tried. This is my preceding post

Thank you for your idea.

I guess you mean 

ControlSetText($hWnd, "", "[CLASS:Edit; INSTANCE:1]", "")

I have tried it, I fail because the instance num vary in different run.

[water]

Can you please tell us which application you try to automate?