GET TEXT FROM A BUTTON

[isma08]

HI, I cant get the text of a button, I'm testing with the "9" button windows calculator but the result is ""

 

$codigo = ControlGetText(WinGetTitle("[CLASS:CalcFrame]"), "", "[CLASS:Button; INSTANCE:14]")
MsgBox(0,"CODIGO",$codigo)

[JLogan3o13]

Hi, isma08, welcome to the forum. This works just fine for me, why the nested WinGetTitle when you have the Class already?

$text = ControlGetText("[CLASS:CalcFrame]", "", "Button14")
MsgBox(0, "", $text)

 

[isma08]

Hi, Thx. 

I have many contributions I can make to the forum, and I will soon, but I still get the button text

any other ideas?

[JohnOne]

Post full text output of the window info tool summary tab when hovered over your target button.

[isma08]

that's the problem, the info-tool does not show me the text, but not if there is any way in programming.

 

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>>>> Window <<<<
Title:  Calculadora
Class:  CalcFrame
Position:   1772, 234
Size:   228, 322
Style:  0x14CA0000
ExStyle:    0x00000100
Handle: 0x00060700

>>>> Control <<<<
Class:  Button
Instance:   14
ClassnameNN:    Button14
Name:   
Advanced (Class):   [CLASS:Button; INSTANCE:14]
ID: 139
Text:   
Position:   89, 129
Size:   34, 27
ControlClick Coords:    18, 14
Style:  0x50000000
ExStyle:    0x00000004
Handle: 0x000207CE

>>>> Mouse <<<<
Position:   1887, 427
Cursor ID:  0
Color:  0x6A395B

>>>> StatusBar <<<<

>>>> ToolsBar <<<<

>>>> Visible Text <<<<
0


>>>> Hidden Text <<<<

 

Edited September 24, 2015 by isma08

[JohnOne]

Notice window info tool cannot even get the text.

The code is fine 

$text = ControlClick("[CLASS:CalcFrame]", "", "[CLASS:Button; INSTANCE:14]")

It's just not giving up its text, I've no idea why, except it's not a win32 standard control.

Just the way it is sometimes.

[ViciousXUSMC]

Calculator is given as an example and it has GetValue as a function, not sure it will return the value you need, but its worth a look.

[isma08]

  any idea how to get the text.?

[MaxG]

The code below only works because the control id's for the calculator buttons end in the number corresponding to the button...   so it appears for me at least.

#include <WinAPI.au3>

$hWndButton = ControlGetHandle("[CLASS:CalcFrame]", "", "Button14")
$strButtonCtrlID = _WinAPI_GetDlgCtrlID($hWndButton)

MsgBox(0,"", StringRight($strButtonCtrlID, 1))

Most of the time ControlGetText will work as you expect, however, in this specific case the text property is blank so there is no text to get.

Hope this helps you out somehow.

Edited September 25, 2015 by MaxG
Fixed spelling and removed some speculation.

[TLM]

My System is windows xp

so i try with xp calc

it worked

$a = ControlGetText("[CLASS:SciCalc]", "","Button14")
MsgBox(0, "", $a)

 

Edited September 26, 2015 by TLM

[Danyfirex]

Calc.exe ( and some other) since windows vista Draw the text. if you do not want to use IUIAutomation. You simple can create an array to check if Button instance=5 I'm over (number 1) etc...

 

Saludos