Windowless controls

[yehia]

well i was trying to make a script to get the text from msn chat window but found out that MSN is using a windowless control named "DirectUIHWND1" so this script totally failed:

While 1
    
    $b = ControlGetHandle("[CLASS:IMWindowClass]","","DirectUIHWND1")
    WinActivate("[CLASS:IMWindowClass]","")
    $a = GUICtrlRead($b,1)
    
    If $a <> "0" Then
        MsgBox(0,"",$a)
    EndIf
    
    ;ControlSend("- Conversation", "", "DirectUIHWND1", $Gesprek&"{ENTER}{ESC}")
WEnd

if there is any way to get the text in the chat window?

and since IE uses windowless controlls too can IE funcs be helpful in this case?

[yehia]

in other way what i wanna do is starting a counter when the other person sends a msg and renew the counter when he sends a new one unfortunately it cant be done due to the windowless func

any help is appreciated

[FireFox]

@yehia

Activate the window and try :

Send("^a")
Send("^c")
Msgbox(64, '', "text : " & ClipGet())

And for count message you can count + 1 when the window exists then close it and when another or it reappears count +1 etc..

Cheers, FireFox.

[Zedna]

I think DirectUIHWND ClassName represents embeded IE control.

So you should use IE UDF in this case probably.

[FireFox]

@Zedna

I dont see why you are suggesting IE udf for a msn window Can you explain it to me im stupid

Cheers, FireFox.

[Zedna]

@Zedna

I dont see why you are suggesting IE udf for a msn window Can you explain it to me im stupid

Cheers, FireFox.

I don't know/use MSN window in any way. I have never seen it.

I just saw DirectUIHWND ClassName mentioned in above post.

[FireFox]

@Zedna

Ha... ok thanks for explaination

Cheers, FireFox.

[yehia]

thats what i expected

y didnt they just created there own windowless controls?

anyway this makes my job easier

but i've never used the IE udfs can anyone point meh and btw i was checking the IE controls after u said the DirectUIHWND is related to IE and i found it

can someone point me, maybe i write a new MSN.au3 cos the old one never works now

and btw i saw an article about something called accessibility in VB that makes a user able to handle a windowless control, can autoit do this?

[FireFox]

@yehia

you want to get text of wlm window (windows live messenger) right ?

If you tried my example you would have this :

If Not WinExists("[CLASS:IMWindowClass]") Then
    MsgBox(64, "WLM get text", "Any IM window exists !")
Else
    WinActivate("[CLASS:IMWindowClass]")
    WinWaitActive("[CLASS:IMWindowClass]", '', 3)
    $IMwgp = WinGetPos("[CLASS:IMWindowClass]", '')
    MouseClick("left", $IMwgp[0] + 75, $IMwgp[1] + 190, 1, 0)
    Send("^a")
    Sleep(250)
    Send("^c")
    MsgBox(64, "WLM get text", ClipGet())
EndIf

And works fine !

Cheers, FireFox.

[yehia]

thanks alot but this highlights the text, copies to clip board and moves mouse to click the win too :/

i want to retrieve the text from the control without at least moving the mouse

[FireFox]

@yehia

Dont try to bump your topic by deleting your old post and reply with the same thing, and its not the first time if you continue I will have to advert mods...

Cheers, FireFox.

[yehia]

its not the smart thing to do but its the same as posting a bump word but in a clean way without making my topic looks messy

Dim $oldclip, $counter1

If Not WinExists("[CLASS:IMWindowClass]") Then
    MsgBox(64, "WLM get text", "Any IM window exists !")
Else
    Do
    If WinActive("[CLASS:IMWindowClass]") Then
        Sleep(250)
        ;WinWaitActive("[CLASS:IMWindowClass]", '', 3)   ; "[CLASS:IMWindowClass]")SciTEWindow
        $IMwgp = WinGetPos("[CLASS:IMWindowClass]", '')
        ;MouseClick("left", $IMwgp[0] + 75, $IMwgp[1] + 230, 1, 0)
        ControlClick("[CLASS:IMWindowClass]","","DirectUIHWND", "left",1,$IMwgp[0],$IMwgp[1] + 230)
        Send("^a")
        Sleep(100)
        Send("^c")
        $clip = ClipGet()
        If $oldclip <> $clip Then
            $counter = TimerDiff($counter1)
            ToolTip($counter/1000)
            $counter1 = TimerInit()
        EndIf
        $oldclip = $clip
        Sleep(1000)
    EndIf
    Until 1 = 5
EndIf

thats how i got so far but it keeps coping what i type in the edit control since both of them r the same control can we get around this?

Edited January 3, 2009 by yehia

[FireFox]

@yehia

Ok its the better way to bump your topic but not before 24hours of your last reply ...

Edit : Instead of doing that for get text, try to enable history and read text from it...

Cheers, FireFox.

Edited January 3, 2009 by FireFox

[yehia]

well tried that too but it didnt work :/

[yehia]

this is my script now

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HotKeySet("{F1}", "Getit")
HotKeySet("{F4}", "Stopit")

Dim $oldclip, $counter1
ToolTip("F1 to start, F4 to stop",0,0, "Ma3lomat L NANA")
Do

Until 1 = 5

Func Getit()
    If Not WinExists("[CLASS:IMWindowClass]") Then
        MsgBox(64, "WLM get text", "Any IM window exists !")
    Else
        If Not WinActive("[CLASS:IMWindowClass]") Then
            WinSetState("[CLASS:IMWindowClass]","",@SW_HIDE)
            sleep(100)
            WinSetState("[CLASS:IMWindowClass]","",@SW_SHOW)
            WinActivate("[CLASS:IMWindowClass]") ; "[CLASS:IMWindowClass]")SciTEWindow
        EndIf
        Do
            $IMwgp = WinGetPos("[CLASS:IMWindowClass]", '')
            If WinExists("[CLASS:IMWindowClass]") Then
                ControlClick("[CLASS:IMWindowClass]", "", "DirectUIHWND1", "left", 1, $IMwgp[0] + 25, $IMwgp[1] + 200)
            EndIf
            Send("^a")
            Sleep(100)
            Send("^c")
            $clip = ClipGet()
            If $oldclip <> $clip Then
                $counter = TimerDiff($counter1)
                $no = Round($counter / 1000, 1)
                ToolTip(""&$no&" Sec")
                $counter1 = TimerInit()
                $oldclip = $clip
            EndIf
        Until 1 = 5
    EndIf
EndFunc

Func Stopit()
    Do
        
    Until 1 = 5
EndFunc

still its too lame :/ if there is anyway i can type or enter text :/

im still getting info about windowless controls

should i continue or did anyone tried it and got nothing so i would just discard it ...

[yehia]

i found this topic http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/index.ph...e+Accessibility

about MSAA can this help in handling windowless controls?

[corgano]

Sorry for bumping this topic, but I am also looking for a more efficient means of reading and writeing text into a DirectUIHWND control