SpyThing

[CyberSlug]

This program is supposed to help you get the classnameNN's of window controls. (Written so that I do not have to keep switching among AutoIt Window Spy, my text editor, and an installer I was trying to automate.)

http://www.autoitscript.com/fileman/users/public/CyberSlug/SpyThing.au3

Notes: Does not work well with frame controls. "Buttons" (bt) could include radio and checkbox controls. "Labels" (lb) could include picture controls.

Run SpyThing, run a program such as "calc", then press Win+S...

http://www.autoitscript.com/fileman/users/public/CyberSlug/SpyThingEx.png:

http://www.autoitscript.com/fileman/users/public/CyberSlug/SpyThingEx.png

[CyberSlug]

Uploaded slightly modified version:

Because frames appear as buttons (and hide other controls), you can hide a button by clicking on it. Press Win+F5 to refresh/restore the window...

I also added tooltips with controls' text.

[emmanuel]

well, that's interesting and handy... it'd be cool to be able to somehow click the button to copy the text to the clipboard... maybe shift-click to hide buttons? (I'm GUI-Ignorant here, don't know if that's possible)

[CyberSlug]

Oops, I never got around to answering your question.... I can add that feature.

I also have ideas to turn SpyThing into something that resembles Larry's AU3ScriptWriter:

1) User chooses some installer to run via a FileOpenDialog.

2) User waits for the installer to pop up a window.

3) User presses a key (such as Pause) to capture the title, text, and control information of that window.

4) A SpyThing-like window appears and the user clicks the corresponding button/checkbox/whatevers.

5) SpyThing records the click information and performs the same action on the actual installer window.

6) GOTO Step 2

; Idea of what kind of script I'd *like* to generate

$title = "Welcome to Setup"
#cs
The text body of the setup window would go here
The info might span multiple lines
I'd probably put it in a comment block so that the user
could extract what info he needs
#ce
WinWait($title)
ControlClick($title, "", "&Continue")

;...

Get after me if I don't post to this thread within a week