[Resolved] Really need help; have no clue on how to read from an existing .ini and place data into a text box

[beardeus]

Couple of things. You should try to get the correct controlID you are sending to.

That would eliminate all the TAB sending.

If these controls have no ID's consider.

Send("{TAB 2}") will send TAB twice.

Okay, I will look into the ControlID more and thanks for the TAB tip!

Edited September 28, 2015 by beardeus

[beardeus]

Another tip since you mentioned your trouble with variables here is a perfect chance to learn.

Change your paths to variables and then you will only have to change one path instead of many.

Example:

#include <WinAPIFiles.au3>

$installPath = "C:\Users\TESTING\Desktop\Automated Install.ini"   ;  in the future only need to change this

;Read from the ini file to populate text boxes
$Answer=IniRead($installPath,"LocalDomain","Domain","FAILURE!")
Sleep(1000)
Winactivate ("Enterprise - InstallShield Wizard", "SQL")
ControlSend("Enterprise - InstallShield Wizard","SQL","",$Answer)
Send ("{Tab}")
Send ("{Tab}")
$Answer1=IniRead($installPath,"LocalDomain","DomainPassword","FAILURE!")
ControlSend("Enterprise - InstallShield Wizard","SQL","",$Answer1)
Send ("{Tab}")
$Answer2=IniRead($installPath,"SQL","Server","FAILURE!")
ControlSend("Ipro eCapture Enterprise - InstallShield Wizard","SQL","",$Answer2)

;;;===and so on...

 

I will definitely look into this! Anything to simplify things and learn more! I will post my update when I get a chance to work on it. Thanks again everyone for the help!

Man I really wish I knew about this at my old job.