ControlClick

[Angelos]

Hello all!

I will begin by saying that I just downloaded AutoIt one week ago, so I don't know much...

I have a problem with a windows properties dialog (like the "right click > properties" on the desktop) that has tabs on top. I can't use MouseClick to navigate through the tabs as the popup dialog opens at a new position every time. I also want to avoid using the keyboard keys. ControlClick, I think, is the only one that is left. However, the whole tab panel on the top of the popup shares the same controlID instead of each tab having a different controlID. How can I access that tab?

If you need more information to clarify this, please tell me.

Thank you in advance,

Angelos

[MHz]

Welcome

I will begin by saying that I just downloaded AutoIt one week ago, so I don't know much...

Arh, old version.

The quick way to display properties is this

Run('RunDll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL desk.cpl,,3')

The last digit in the string can open a different tab to start with.

[Angelos]

Hello!

Thank you for your quick replies!

-MHz: that's a cool tip although I'm not exactly trying to access the display properties. I used that as an example. Thank you though

-Larry: it seems that ControlCommand is the command I'm looking for. I looked in the help file and it shows that it should be like this:

ControlCommand ( "title", "text", controlID, "TabRight", "" )

However, in SciTE it says that it is supposed to be like this:

ControlCommand ( "title", "text", "classnameNN", "TabRight", "" )

I tried both with no result. Nothing actually happens. Should WinWaitActive or ControlFocus precede the ControlCommand?

It's frustrating because I never had any success with the Control functions. I'm pretty sure I'm not spelling things wrong and that i use the right ControlIDs and classnameNNs.

Tell me if it would help to see the whole code.

Thank you once again,

Angelos

[Angelos]

Thank you Larry! Now the problem is resolved.

It is strange because it did not need the ,"option" after "TabRight" and the "text" needed to be blank.

If I want to go three tabs to the right do I copy/paste that three times or is there another way to do that?

Thank you for your time,

Angelos

[Angelos]

I tried that and it didn't work. I also tried the other looping functions to now success. Isn't there a simple function that says "do this three times" or something to that extent so you don't have to copy and paste many times?