Ovi Posted August 22, 2015 Posted August 22, 2015 Hi there, I'm new on this forum and also I'm still a noob in autoit. I know it's possible to handle a program which it's actaully in background, not really the active window. Untill now, I've discovered only 2 functions that could help me: controlsend and controlclick.Beeing more specific, I want to do a script that searchs for something in a window and then click on it, but still be able to use my computer while running the script.Any help will be apreciated, thanks a lot!
JohnOne Posted August 22, 2015 Posted August 22, 2015 You need to be more specific, especially about "searchs for something in a window and then click on it".There are thousands of different windows and thousands of different "somethings" that each can contain.Hint: "Text" is not a good enough answer. AutoIt Absolute Beginners Require a serial Pause Script Video Tutorials by Morthawt ipify Monkey's are, like, natures humans.
jdelaney Posted August 22, 2015 Posted August 22, 2015 Use ControlSetText instead.Keep this in mind also...It's specific to apps on a locked station, but works the same for non-active windows:https://www.autoitscript.com/wiki/FAQ#Why_doesn.27t_my_script_work_on_a_locked_workstation.3F Ovi 1 IEbyXPATH-Grab IE DOM objects by XPATH IEscriptRecord-Makings of an IE script recorder ExcelFromXML-Create Excel docs without excel installed GetAllWindowControls-Output all control data on a given window.
Ovi Posted August 22, 2015 Author Posted August 22, 2015 Sorry, now I realized that I wasn't specific at all. The script must search for a button, so it has to scan the screen for it. Shall I use imagesearch or fastfind library? But I still have no ideea how to scan that window as long as it's not the active window.
JohnOne Posted August 22, 2015 Posted August 22, 2015 Shall I use imagesearch or fastfind library?Both of those are a last resort when dealing with window buttons, and neither can be used on non visible windows. Ovi 1 AutoIt Absolute Beginners Require a serial Pause Script Video Tutorials by Morthawt ipify Monkey's are, like, natures humans.
Ovi Posted August 23, 2015 Author Posted August 23, 2015 Both of those are a last resort when dealing with window buttons, and neither can be used on non visible windows.It has to be possible because I saw a script doing something like this. Does it matter if i'm talking about handling a browser page?
jdelaney Posted August 24, 2015 Posted August 24, 2015 (edited) Use the IE.au3.You can also use my signature to find the html objects more easily._IECreate _IEAction Edited August 24, 2015 by jdelaney Ovi 1 IEbyXPATH-Grab IE DOM objects by XPATH IEscriptRecord-Makings of an IE script recorder ExcelFromXML-Create Excel docs without excel installed GetAllWindowControls-Output all control data on a given window.
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