Retrospect Backup Software

[HighlanderSword]

Hello,

 

Anyone have any idea how to interact with a dialog box that has no windows associated to it ( did winlist for all and no results)

 

I want to click on the Edit button  I tried ControlClick("Scripts", "Edit", "[CLASS:Button; INSTANCE:2]") and it did nothing, and @error returns 0

 

 

 

Edited January 12, 2020 by HighlanderSword
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[Subz]

The Window Title is Retrospect, not Scripts as you can see in the AutoIt3 Window Info tool screenshot.

[HighlanderSword]

Hello,

Same issue using Retrospect or Scripts , I tried scripts as that is the Header on the Dialog I'm trying to interact with.

[Danp2]

2 hours ago, HighlanderSword said:

I tried ControlClick("Scripts", "Edit", "[CLASS:Button; INSTANCE:2]")

Try replacing "Edit" with "".

[HighlanderSword]

same issue , nothing happens

3 hours ago, Subz said:

The Window Title is Retrospect, not Scripts as you can see in the AutoIt3 Window Info tool screenshot.

 

[Subz]

Downloaded the trial and the following works fine for me:

ControlClick("Retrospect", "", "Button2")

 

[HighlanderSword]

Are you in Manage Scripts , and have a list of scripts and have 2 buttons , New.... and Edit ?

I ran the same with just what you had pasted above in a new au3 file and still nothing happens , what am i missing

Do you have any other code in your au3 script besides the controlclick ?

Are you using Retrospect 16.6.0.133

Edited January 13, 2020 by HighlanderSword
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[Subz]

Sorry yes I forgot to add, you need to have #RequireAdmin at the top of your script

#RequireAdmin
ControlClick("Retrospect", "", "Button2")

 

[HighlanderSword]

Hello,

 

Great that has helped me move along very far, now stuck on a edit field and a drop down box.

Date filed appears to be an edit box , and can see the values I set pop in for a few seconds and then pop out

Have not had any luck with the drop down box , trying to set it to recycle.

tried

ControlCommand("Retrospect","","dantzcombobox1","SetCurrentSelection", 2)

ControlCommand("Retrospect", "", "[CLASS:dantzcombobox; INSTANCE:1]","SelectString","Recycle")

 

Appreciate if you could help me a little bit more.....

 

 

;click the edit button 
ControlClick("Retrospect", "", "Button2")
sleep(400)

;Click Schedule Button
ControlClick("Retrospect", "", "Button7")
sleep(400)

;Click add button
ControlClick("Retrospect", "", "Button3")
sleep(400)

;Click Single date radio button
ControlClick("Retrospect", "", "Button3")
sleep(400)

;click the ok button
ControlClick("Retrospect", "", "Button5")


;Set Month
sleep(400)
ControlSend ( "Retrospect", "", "[CLASS:Edit; INSTANCE:4]", "9" , 0)

set day
;~ sleep(400)
;~ ControlSetText("Retrospect", "", "Edit5", "15")

Set year 
;~ sleep(400)
;~ ControlSetText("Retrospect", "", "Edit6", "2020")

 

Edited January 13, 2020 by HighlanderSword
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[Nine]

Is this a x86 or x64 software ? If it is the later try to run your script x64 also.  See if that helps...

[HighlanderSword]

no difference if it runs x64 or x86

[Subz]

Haven't had a lot of luck with this myself, while ControlSetText changes the date item, it isn't retained.  If i get more time I'll look into it further, unsure if each system has different backups otherwise I'd suggest either exporting/importing the backup or replacing the catalog files.  I believe the software also allows external scripting, which may also help, unfortunately they don't have command line support which makes it difficult to automate and is usually more robust then Control... functions.