Why is a pre-filled text box empty when I run the automation

[h711]

Hi, I try to automate an installer. On one page, there is a text box with some pre-filled text in it. But when I run my script, this box is empty. I use:

ControlClick ( "Installation Wizard", "", "[CLASS:Button; INSTANCE:2]" )

to get to that page. Nothing else was done after that.

Any ideas? Thanks!

[youknowwho4eva]

Does the control auto-clear when it gets focus?

[h711]

No, it does not auto clear the box during the manual installation. Not even when click inside the box.

[h711]

This text box should display the device name I selected from the last page. I think the way I select the device from a list box may have something to do with this problem.

$h = WinGetHandle("[CLASS:SysListView32]")
$hwnd = ControlGetHandle($h,"","SysListView321")
_GUICtrlListView_SetItemSelected($hwnd,3)
_GUICtrlListView_ClickItem($hWnd,3)

ControlClick ( "Installation Wizard", "", "[CLASS:Button; INSTANCE:2]" )

Edited September 4, 2008 by h711

[h711]

Forget about my last post, I think I know the reason why the textbox is empty.

The installer I am automating is in E:\ drive. But the script is located in a C:\ drive. The installer use relative path to locate some file, which caused the problem. If I manually click on the installer on E:\ drive, all relative path works fine. But since the script is in C:\, at some point this logic breaks.

Is there a way to let the script run from the same path as installer? Since this installer is on a CD, I cannot put the exe to that location.

Thanks for the help.