Small newbie help

[masken]

Okay, I'm totally new in AutoIt.

As a first project, I'd like to make a script that enters the control panel's "mouse" alternatives - or simply the applet "main.cpl", browses to the tab "Wheel", sets 4 rows for scrolling, and presses Enter. Is this possible?

I managed to do this:

Run("control.exe main.cpl")

Then I guess I should use ControlCommand ( ) in some fashion?

[sandyd]

Try this, pretty crude but works!

Run("control.exe main.cpl")
WinWaitActive("Mouse Properties","")
Send("^{TAB}^{TAB}^{TAB}")
ControlSetText("Mouse Properties","","Edit1","4")
Send("{ENTER}")

Edit: Added code block around code

Edited January 14, 2005 by sandyd

[CyberSlug]

Tested on WinXP Pro sp1... might not work on all computers (especially laptops).

Run("control.exe main.cpl")
WinWait("Mouse Properties")
WinSetState("Mouse Properties","",@SW_HIDE)
ControlCommand("Mouse Properties","","SysTabControl321","TabRight","")
ControlCommand("Mouse Properties","","SysTabControl321","TabRight","")
ControlCommand("Mouse Properties","","SysTabControl321","TabRight","")
ControlSetText("Mouse Properties","","Edit1","3")
ControlClick("Mouse Properties","","OK")

You should be able to do this more directly by writing the appropriate registry key, but I don't know how to tell Windows to refresh and use the new value...

RegWrite("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop","WheelScrollLines","REG_SZ", "3")

[masken]

Thanks alot for the tips

Two different ways of achieving the goal, nice

@CyberSlug, yeah I've used regmon to see what's going on, but I couldn't get anything out of it. I don't know how Win refreshes hives either.

@CyberSlug, could you please explain shortly what the ControlCommand() does here?

[CyberSlug]

@CyberSlug, could you please explain shortly what the ControlCommand() does here? 

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Control command is more reliable than sending key strokes becuase the window can does not have to be active or even visible.

1) Using the AutoIt Window Spy/Info tool, I checked the "name" of the tab control: SysTabControl321

I call "TabRight" three times which, as documented in the help file, activates the next tab

2) The other two lines

ControlSetText("Mouse Properties","","Edit1","3")

ControlClick("Mouse Properties","","OK")

should be pretty self explanatory. NOTE: In your case, you would want to change 3 to 4.

3) The reason I hide the mouse window after it appears is because my computer seeems to hang for a half-second when the OK button on the mouse properties window is clicked.

By the way, here's an improvement based on this information

Run("control.exe main.cpl,@0,2") ;Launch mouse properites with third tab open
WinWait("Mouse Properties")
WinSetState("Mouse Properties","",@SW_HIDE)
ControlSetText("Mouse Properties","","Edit1","4")
ControlClick("Mouse Properties","","OK")