Cannot get text from a listbox

[Flipper]

Hi Guys..

I'm trying to extract text from what appears to be a list box. All attempts have so far failed.

- refer to the image.

The developers have just inheried this and cannot tell me much about it.

Any help gratefully accepted!

Flip

ControlId 401 ;-)

Edited July 6, 2006 by Flipper

[Xenobiologist]

Hi,

have you tried ControlGetText , or can you export the data and then parse it?

good luck!

So long,

Mega

[System Tester]

extract from script....

$TEMP = ControlGetText("","",401)

MsgBox(0,"deleteme",$TEMP)

produces an empty message box.

Note, in the image, the autoIT window info shows the text as <null>

How would I extract the text? I've done this on a differect application by using

the clipboard, but that method fails here as I can't even select all the text.

Cheers!

<Sorry! I used the Id "Flipper" as I had forgotten my correct ID. Written down on a post-it note now!>

Edited July 6, 2006 by System Tester

[Skruge]

Welcome to the forums!

Based on your screenshot, it is in fact a ListBox.

Take a look at ControlCommand...GetCurrentSelection and _GUICtrlListGetSelItemsText (Beta).

[System Tester]

Thanks.

$temp1 = ControlCommand("","",401,"getcurrentselection","")

MsgBox(0,"deleteme",$TEMP1)

returns "1"

Still looking at how _GUICtrlListGetSelItemsText works

[System Tester]

From the documentation....

"Note: AutoIt only works with standard Microsoft controls - some applications write their own custom controls which may look like a standard MS control but may resist automation. Experiment! "

Well, I have, and it don't work. So, this one's dead unless someone has a bright idea.

There is another way, but it relies on PixelChecksum, and that is not too reliable.

Oh well, never mind.

[trickymint]

I have experienced the same problem with trying to read from an MFC CListBox object. As the caveat goes don't expect to be able to read from non-standard Microsoft Windows controls (which I guess some MFC components are categorised as).