Need help getting text from a ListView control from an external application window

[greg_ward02]

I am trying to use AutoIt to help me interact with an external application window with a list/grid view control. I need to get the text from the list. Depending on the value of the text of the items, highlight a specific item, then click a button. Ultimately I will need to do this over and over again (7K+ times) which is why I figured I'd use AutoIt. I have created other scripts and can interact with typical items like buttons, but this list/grid view is giving me a hard time. I can't seem to get text from it.

Here is the control I am trying to interact with: 

I will need to capture the text to figure out which item has "Vendor 2" (it's not always the second one listed). I'll need to select it then click a button to delete this item.

 

The info window is:

 

Here are a few things I've tried to get the text, but none work:

#include <GuiListView.au3>
 
local $result, $idListWindow, $idListView, $hWnd, $hWndCtrl
 
 
$idListWindow="[CLASS:WindowsForms10.Window.8.app.0.b71fd5_r8_ad1]"
$idListView="[CLASSNN:WindowsForms10.Window.8.app.0.b71fd5_r8_ad12]"
 
$hWnd = WinGetHandle($idListWindow)
$hWndCtrl = ControlGetHandle($idListWindow, "", $idListView)
 
;confirm I am working with the right window/control
ConsoleWrite("hWnd: " & $hWnd & @LF)
ConsoleWrite("hWndCtrl: " & $hWndCtrl & @LF)
 
 
;method 1
$result = ControlListView("", "", $idListView, "GetText", 0, 1)
ConsoleWrite("method 1: "& $result & @LF)
 
 
;method 2
$aItem = _GUICtrlListView_GetItemTextArray($idListview, 0)
For $i = 1 To $aItem[0]
  $result = StringFormat("Column[%2d] %s", $i, $aItem[$i]) & @CRLF
Next
ConsoleWrite("method 2: "& $result & @LF)
 
 
;method 3
$result = ControlGetText("" ,"",$hWndCtrl)
ConsoleWrite("method 3: "& $result & @LF)

 

The handle of the main window are correct. Unfortunately, none of these 3 methods seem to work. Output I get is:

hWnd: 0x003C0A60
hWndCtrl: 0x00610B6C
method 1: 0
method 2: 0
method 3:
>Exit code: 0    Time: 0.8224

 

What can I use to be able to get text from this WindowsForms10.Window.8.app.0.b71fd5_r8_ad12 control?

 

Thanks!

[Zedna]

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[greg_ward02]

1 hour ago, Zedna said:

Search this forum for "WindowsForms" ...

Hi Zedna,

Can you be a little more specific? I searched and it seems to be too broad of a term. 

[Zedna]

Windows Forms are specific type of windows/controls and there are specific techniques/UDFs for them and it is very often answered question here on the forum.

Edited November 13, 2021 by Zedna