ControlSend on Hidden Window (with no control ID)

[syntaxing]

I am trying to automate SAP without GUI scripting enabled by doing everything through MouseClicks. It's not the cleanest solution but it works pretty well so far. I noticed that ControlClick actually has the option to put control coordinates in the parameters. I tried it and this works great since it allows me to run SAP hidden while I run my script. Unfortunately I am only able to click on objects but not send text. Is it possible to do a ControlSend on the object I used ControlClick on? The biggest problem is that there is no control ID on the object since SAP groups everything into one window with weird class IDs (which I cannot find out since I do not have GUI scripting enabled). I've been searching for a solution for a while now and any help would be appreciated!

 

Thanks!

[Deye]

syntaxing,

welcome to the Autoit forum

did you try  it without specifying an id ControlSend($hwnd, "", "", "text", 1)

Deye

[syntaxing]

Thank you for the response!

I have been using the following code with no luck:

$test = WinGetHandle('Change Material')
   ControlClick($test,'',100,'left',1, 184, 171)
   ControlSend($test,'',100,'XX')

 

[Deye]

syntaxing,,

Try with whats for  "Advanced mode" for the ID

ControlClick($test, '', "[Advanced mode]", "left", 1)

Deye

Edited June 27, 2018 by Deye

[syntaxing]

Hi Deye,

At first I made a silly mistake and literally put in "[AdvancedMode]" into my code... I was super confused why it wasn't working.

Interestingly, your code (and my original code) works but only when the window is active somewhere on the screen. I guess SAP is one of those programs that only listens to keystrokes when onscreen. I run two monitors so it's not a deal breaker but now I know my problem!

Thank you for all your help!

[junkew]

Check within examples on uiautomation and check with simplespy if your elements are highlighted. If so you can do your automation easier.