ControlCommand Failed to get state on Winform Platform - (Moved)

[Wellwellwell]

Hi All,

I am checking a checkbox state on a Winform GUI, ControlCommand always return 0 regardless of the checkbox is being ticked/no-ticked

I think there is a bug on the Autoit, my code as below:

ControlCommand($gProdGUIName, "", "[NAME:Mid_checkBox]", "IsChecked", "")

 

I use the same Autoit code on another GUI platform which is MFC based.

The command ControlCommand is working flawlessly, it can return 0 when checkbox is unticked, return 1 when checkbox is ticked.

 

Is this command not supported on Winform?

 

Thanks

Wellwellwell

[Jos]

Moved to the appropriate forum.

Moderation Team

[Leendert-Jan]

Sometimes ControlCommand only works when the window is active. Have you tried activating it first?

WinActivate($gProdGUIName)
$iIsChecked = ControlCommand("[ACTIVE]", "", "[NAME:Mid_checkBox]", "IsChecked", "")
MsgBox(64, "Is checked:", $iIsChecked)

 

More Info:

ControlCommand (look at the Remarks): https://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/docs/functions/ControlCommand.htm

Edited November 10, 2021 by Leendert-Jan

[Wellwellwell]

Hi Leendert-Jan,

Thanks for your reply.

I have tried your suggestion, it still would not work on Winform platform.
The same code work on the MFC platform.

 

Thanks

 

[Leendert-Jan]

Hmm I see two other things that might help

1. Temporarily disable your antivirus. Some AV won't flag AutoIT scripts, but just simply stop them from doing certain things without any notifications.

2. Run your script as Administrator.

[jguinch]

Do you have the same result by running the AutoIt script in 64 bits mode ?

 

 

[Wellwellwell]

Hi Leendert-Jan,

I tested run as admistrator, not able to work as well for Winform platform.
Sorry, i not able to test with antivrus off as there are some policy in the company on the laptop....you know.. 

Thanks for the suggestion anyway.

Hi jguinch,

Test it with compile and run in x64. The result are same. MFC platform build can work, Winform platform are still returning the state as 0;

Thank you

[Nine]

As described in this document from Microsoft, you could use UIAutomation to access Windows Form controls.