Hindry 0 Posted September 6, 2007 Hi, I've just started using AutoIt V3 today and have a question. I need to select a directory that contains files that I need to process. To select the directory I need to browse to it (I cannot type the name in or this would be easy to do). Therefore, I have a window which has "OK" and "Cancel" as options and a typical Explorer type listing. I need to expand a number of folders to find the folder that I want but I cannot work out how to do this. Once I've worked out how to do this I will need to cycle through several hundered folders (in a loop) processing the files in each. They are numbered sequentially but I don't think that this is going to be of much assistance here. I did think about using the mouse position to clink in the correct place but, to my mind, this will be a little hit and miss and I will need to scroll further down the list to find the folder that I need as I progress through the loop. Any help would be much apprecaited. Thanks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Uten 9 Posted September 6, 2007 (edited) HI, and welcome..Take a look at the helpfile in the File, Directory and disk management sections. 1: FileSelectFolder.2: FileFindFirst, FileFindNextFileFindFirst, FileFindNext are not really fast so you should search for +runwait +comspec + dir in the forum. Something likerunwait(@comspec & "/C dir /S /B >'" & $tempfile & "'")When it reurns you would need FileRead or FileReadLine to parse $tempfile.Happy Scripting Edited September 6, 2007 by Uten Please keep your sig. small! Use the help file. Search the forum. Then ask unresolved questions :) Script plugin demo, Simple Trace udf, TrayMenuEx udf, IOChatter demo, freebasic multithreaded dll sample, PostMessage, Aspell, Code profiling Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hindry 0 Posted September 6, 2007 Thanks very much for the rapid reply and the welcome. I've had a look at the section that you mentioned and I don't think it does exactly that I need to do. I have a window that pops up as a result of a previous piece of scrpiting and I need to drill down to the folder that I want within this window. I've just been trying to navigate using arrow buttons and 'enter' as an alternative. I think that this may work although it is a little cumbersome. If there's an easier method I'd be pleased to hear of it. Thanks again. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Uten 9 Posted September 6, 2007 Thanks very much for the rapid reply and the welcome.I've had a look at the section that you mentioned and I don't think it does exactly that I need to do.I have a window that pops up as a result of a previous piece of scrpiting and I need to drill down to the folder that I want within this window. I've just been trying to navigate using arrow buttons and 'enter' as an alternative. I think that this may work although it is a little cumbersome. If there's an easier method I'd be pleased to hear of it.Thanks again.Care to provide a sample of that? Other ways I'm all out of suggestions. Please keep your sig. small! Use the help file. Search the forum. Then ask unresolved questions :) Script plugin demo, Simple Trace udf, TrayMenuEx udf, IOChatter demo, freebasic multithreaded dll sample, PostMessage, Aspell, Code profiling Share this post Link to post Share on other sites