Activate and read from listbox

[Sandhya]

I need to read text from listbox. I used ControlGetText ( "Flow Monitor", "", "[ID:1006]")

Also I have used ControlListView ( "Flow Monitor", "", "[ID:1006]", "GetText")

Nothing worked. What went wrong?

Also, is it posible to get text from already existing GUI using

_GUICtrlListBox_GetText

 

[SupaNewb]

From the help file: ControlGetText

Example()

Func Example()
    ; Run Notepad
    Run("notepad.exe")

    ; Wait 10 seconds for the Notepad window to appear.
    Local $hWnd = WinWait("[CLASS:Notepad]", "", 10);this is one way to obtain the Notepad Window/GUI handle

    ; Set the edit control in Notepad with some text. The handle returned by WinWait is used for the "title" parameter of ControlSetText.
    ControlSetText($hWnd, "", "Edit1", "This is some text")

    ; Retrieve the text of the edit control in Notepad. The handle returned by WinWait is used for the "title" parameter of ControlGetText.
    Local $sText = ControlGetText($hWnd, "", "Edit1")

    ; Display the text of the edit control.
    MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, "", "The text in Edit1 is: " & $sText)

    ; Close the Notepad window using the handle returned by WinWait.
    WinClose($hWnd)
EndFunc   ;==>Example

You will get more help here by posting the actual code that you have tried. Once you obtain the GUI/Window handle that contains the control/s you want to interact with, the problem is half solved. Are you able to retrieve/obtain the GUI handle?

[Sandhya]

From the CLASS:Edit, we can retreive the text using ControlGetText. But here, my class is listbox.

 

[SupaNewb]

From the CLASS:Edit, we can retreive the text using ControlGetText. But here, my class is listbox.

 

[CLASS:ListBox; INSTANCE:1] if the Windows ListBox is the first instance. There is a GuiListBox UDF. You will need to know the ListBox control ID or it's handle.

[Sandhya]

I am able to get the Handle for that listbox. Using that also, I am not getting the text.

[JLogan3o13]

Sandhya, how about posting your code so we can see what you're attempting to do. Otherwise, we're simply guessing. Help us help you

[Sandhya]

This is the info for that window.

>>>> Window <<<<
Title:    Flow Monitor
Class:    IDM_FrameWindow
Position:    755, 84
Size:    535, 340
Style:    0x16CF0000
ExStyle:    0x00000100
Handle:    0x000000000237089A

>>>> Control <<<<
Class:    ListBox
Instance:    1
ClassnameNN:    ListBox1
Name:    
Advanced (Class):    [CLASS:ListBox; INSTANCE:1]
ID:    4112
Text:    
Position:    6, 6
Size:    508, 132
ControlClick Coords:    111, 69
Style:    0x54A01511
ExStyle:    0x00000200
Handle:    0x00000000003B080E

>>>> Mouse <<<<
Position:    125, 125
Cursor ID:    0
Color:    0xFFFFFF

>>>> StatusBar <<<<

>>>> ToolsBar <<<<

Some text are present in the listbox, I need to read it.

My code is

 Local $hWnd = WinGetHandle("[CLASS:IDM_FrameWindow; INSTANCE:1]")

Local $sText = ControlGetText("Flow Monitor", "", 4112)

MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, "", "The text is: " & $sText)

But it returned nothing.

Edited August 20, 2015 by Sandhya

[SupaNewb]

Try this

Local $sText = ControlGetText("Flow Monitor", "", "[CLASS:ListBox; INSTANCE:1]")

If no good, try this to see what is returning in the console

#include <MsgBoxConstants.au3>
Local $hWnd = WinGetHandle("[CLASS:IDM_FrameWindow; INSTANCE:1]")
ConsoleWrite("Handle: " & $hWnd & @TAB & "Error Code: " & @error & @CRLF)
Local $sText = ControlGetText("Flow Monitor", "", "[CLASS:ListBox; INSTANCE:1]")
ConsoleWrite("Text: " & $sText & @TAB & "Error Code: " & @error & @CRLF)
MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, "", "The text is: " & $sText)

 

 

 

[Sandhya]

Sorry.. No result from this as well.

[SupaNewb]

No result? What does it return in the console(the lower pane in Scite) when you run your code?

If ControlGetText fails, it sets the @error flag to 1. That is why I included @error in the ConsoleWrite.

When my code doesn't work or return as expected, I start console writing the output of each command

until the problem is isolated. There is actually a nifty tool in Scite(Debug To Console) that speeds up this

process. That combined with the help file is usually all that is needed.

[Sandhya]

it returned

Handle: 0x0237089A    Error Code: 0
Text:     Error Code: 0

 

[SupaNewb]

#include <GuiListBox.au3>

__GetAllListBoxText()

Func __GetAllListBoxText()
    Local $hListBox, $iItemCount, $sText
    $hListBox = ControlGetHandle("Flow Monitor", "", "[CLASS:ListBox; INSTANCE:1]")
    $iItemCount = _GUICtrlListBox_GetCount($hListBox)
    For $i = 0 To $iItemCount - 1
        $sText = _GUICtrlListBox_GetText($hListBox,$i)
        ConsoleWrite("Index: " & $i & @TAB & "Text String: " & $sText & @CRLF)
    Next
EndFunc   ;==>__GetAllListBoxText

 

[Sandhya]

this also didn't help.