Explanation of the "text" parameter in control*

[ajcrewmisfit]

For some reason i am just not getting the Control* commands

Here's something i had up

Run("notepad.exe")
WinWaitActive("Untitled - Notepad")
$text = WinGetClassList("Untitled - Notepad", "")
MsgBox(0, "Text read was:", $text)
$var = ControlGetText("Untitled - Notepad", "", "Edit1")
MsgBox(0, "Text read was:", $var)
WinWaitActive("Untitled - Notepad")
ControlClick("Untitled - Notepad", "", "Edit")

I was hoping it would click the "Edit" button when you opened notepad.. then i was going ot make it say "Select All..."

I know that we can do it using the hot key Ctrl+A... but for another particular program i have.. there is no hotkey... so i wanted to figure it out with notepad first.

I looked up the help files and i still dont understand the "text" and "classnameNN" parameters... can someone give me better examples than the ones int he help files for

ControlCommand

ControlClick

ControlSend

ControlFocus

please?

thanks!

[ajcrewmisfit]

arg...

i guess also what i am trying to say is... Can someone give me examples of what a "classnameNN" and "text" would be when i opened up a program

or you can just tell me how to goto View >> List in Windows Explorer... that would help me understand

Edited July 6, 2004 by ajcrewmisfit

[pekster]

i guess also what i am trying to say is... Can someone give me examples of what a "classnameNN" and "text" would be when i opened up a program

or you can just tell me how to goto View >> List in Windows Explorer... that would help me understand

Run("explorer.exe /e, ::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}")
WinWaitActive("My Computer")
ControlSend("My Computer", "", "ToolbarWindow323", "!vl")

That example opens a new explorer window in the "My Computer" folder. It will then send the alt-v l keystrokes to switch the view. You'll notice the ControlSend has 4 components that I used. The first is the title of the window. The 2nd is the text of the window, which you'll notice I left blank. You can leave it blank if there is only one copy of the window with that title. This paramater is only used to disguinguish between several windows that might have the same title. The 3rd paramater is the classname of the control I wish to send to. I got this by using the Au3_Spy program and holding the mouse over the toolbar. Lastly, give it the text you want to send to that control.

[emmanuel]

run the autoit window spy, put your mouse over something, like, the control that you want to find... that should tell you the class and text of the control.

you might want to use WinMenuSelectItem

AutoItSetOption("WinTitleMatchMode", 4)
WinActivate("classname=ExploreWClass", "")
WinMenuSelectItem ("classname=ExploreWClass", "", "&View", "&Details")

'course, for some reason, that doesn't work.

[ajcrewmisfit]

aaahhhh i knew that AutoIt Spy wasnt there for nothing =)