ControlSetText value is ignored in Save As

[PeterKonc]

Hello everybody. I'm trying to save PDF file from IE11 (Adobe Reader  plugin). I'm using:

ControlSetText("Save As", "", "Edit1", $CmdLine[2])

where CmdLine[2] is absolute path to save the PDF. Default name of file is Alerts.pdf, and I want to rename it and save into specific path. Problem is that this path is just ignored, even though it was inserted. See the screenshot. Any idea?

Thank you in advance!

 

[Earthshine]

print out your code so it can be reviewed. don't keep us guessing from screenshots that provide little to no relevant data. put in a msgbox of what CmdLine[2] computes to before calling the function with the bug.

[PeterKonc]

Of course man! Where's my manners? 

WinWait($CmdLine[1],"",20)
ControlFocus($CmdLine[1],"","AVL_AVView15")
Send("+^{S}")
Sleep(4000)
WinWait("Adobe Reader","",20)
ControlClick("Adobe Reader", "","Button2")
WinWait("Save As","",10)
Sleep(4000)
ControlSetText("Save As", "", "Edit1", $CmdLine[2])
Sleep(4000)
ControlClick("Save As", "","Button1")
WinWait($CmdLine[1],"",10)
Send("!{F4}")

The CmdLine[2] is just string representing path of file to be saved.

I personally solved the issue by just replacing:

ControlSetText("Save As", "", "Edit1", $CmdLine[2])

with:

Send($CmdLine[2])

But who knows, perhaps you have more elegant solution for this problem.

 

Cheers!

[Zedna]

Try to use some shorter/more simple path for testing purpose. Maybe your very long path is too much and it's not accepted by Save dialog.

Also check existence of whole directory structure passed as path.

[jdelaney]

I was playing around a bit and was only able to get controlsettext to work if I than sent, and deleted, a space.  This is still much more reliable than sending the full string at least. 

Edited February 4, 2018 by jdelaney

[Zedna]

Try to use ControlFocus() to some button in dialog after your ControlSetText().

Maybe it can invoke some internal "itemchanged" event in dialog ...