ControlCommand blocks

[Keith]

I needed a quick way to automate running a GUI and ran across AutoIt so I tried it out and it seems to be what I need. I was able to write a script that does most everything so far, but I ran into a problem with one part of the GUI operation where I need to select from a combobox. The select works because it pops up a confirmation dialog, but the script is still blocked on the ControlCommand call, so I cannot send a response to the confirmation dialog and the whole thing hangs. Here's a snippet of the offending call:

; Stop recording

ConsoleWrite("select")

ControlCommand("DATAQ Instruments Hardware Manager", "", "[CLASS:TComboBox; INSTANCE:1]", "SelectString", "Stop Recording to SD Memory")

ConsoleWrite("done")

WinWaitActive("", "Do you want to Stop Recording to SD Memory?", 2)

Send("y")

I see the "select" but not the "done" until I manually click on one of the confirmation dialog buttons. Any idea why ControlCommand is getting blocked? How do I work around this problem?

Thanks,

Keith.

[youknowwho4eva]

appears to me you have it a lil backwards. Here is the example from the help file.

Run("notepad.exe")

ControlCommand("[CLASS:Notepad]", "", "Edit1", "GetLineCount", "")

The third element should be the control id.

[Keith]

I don't see how I have it backwards. "DATAQ Instruments Hardware Manager" is the window title and "[CLASS:TComboBox; INSTANCE:1]" is the control ID. Am I missing something?

[youknowwho4eva]

Your right. I haven't used control functions in a while. can you put up a screenshot of the window info?

[Keith]

Here's what I get for the confirmation pop-up. Note it does not have a title.

Thanks for your help.

[FireFox]

@Keith

For control functions you should make screenshot of control tab

ControlCommand("title",'',"[CLASS:TComboBox; INSTANCE:1]", ....)

Cheers, FireFox.

Edited January 6, 2009 by FireFox

[Keith]

Here's the control tab.

Crap -- I can't attach another jpg! Says I don't have enough space.

Edited January 6, 2009 by Keith

[FireFox]

@Keith

go to your profile > my controls and delete all your attachment files,

go to http://imageshack.us/ and upload your picturethen display link here for picture

Cheers, FireFox.

[bo8ster]

I don't see how I have it backwards. "DATAQ Instruments Hardware Manager" is the window title and "[CLASS:TComboBox; INSTANCE:1]" is the control ID. Am I missing something?

A quicker way is just to copy and paste in the contents of the info window.

Like this - I use the Summary Tab

>>>> Window <<<<

Title: AutoIt Forums -> Replying in ControlCommand blocks - Mozilla Firefox

Class: MozillaUIWindowClass

Position: 1916, -4

Size: 1688, 1058

Style: 0x15CF0000

ExStyle: 0x00000100

Handle: 0x00010698

>>>> Control <<<<

Class: MozillaWindowClass

Instance: 5

ClassnameNN: MozillaWindowClass5

Advanced (Class): [CLASS:MozillaWindowClass; INSTANCE:5]

ID:

Text:

Position: 0, 114

Size: 1663, 888

ControlClick Coords: 666, 46

Style: 0x56000000

ExStyle: 0x00000000

Handle: 0x001006D0

[Keith]

Ah -- much easier! Here it is:

>>>> Window <<<<

Title:

Class: #32770

Position: 515, 471

Size: 257, 107

Style: 0x94C801C5

ExStyle: 0x00010101

Handle: 0x009D03CE

>>>> Control <<<<

Class: Button

Instance: 1

ClassnameNN: Button1

Advanced (Class): [CLASS:Button; INSTANCE:1]

ID: 6

Text: &Yes

Position: 47, 41

Size: 75, 23

ControlClick Coords: 74, 10

Style: 0x50030001

ExStyle: 0x00000004

Handle: 0x004303F2

>>>> Mouse <<<<

Position: 639, 551

Cursor ID: 2

Color: 0x000000

>>>> StatusBar <<<<

>>>> Visible Text <<<<

&Yes

&No

Do you want to Stop Recording to SD Memory?

>>>> Hidden Text <<<<

[bo8ster]

Control IDs change, they are dynamic.

Do something like this ControlCommand("", "", "CLASS:Button; INSTANCE:1; TEXT:&YES]" ....) or ControlCommand("", "", "Button1" ....).

As there is not a windows title it might be hard to get the right window. Try to get a handle to the window first then you can do

WinWaitActive("Window Name"); Wait for the aplication become active

Const $winHandle = WinGetHandle("Window Name", "");

$handle = ControlGetHandle($winHandle, "", "[CLASS:Button; INSTANCE:1; TEXT:&YES]")

ControlCommand($handle, "", "" ...)

Hope that is not too complicated.

[Keith]

But I'm not even getting that far. The first ControlCommand that causes the confirmation popup is blocking. My script doesn't get back control until I manually click on one of the confirmation buttons. There's something funny about this popup because it seems to be blocking autoit. What would cause this behavior?

[bo8ster]

what command are you trying to send and what control do u want to send it to?

[Keith]

OK, I'm obviously not communicating well here, so let me try again. Here's my code snippet:

-----

; Stop recording

ConsoleWrite("select")

ControlCommand("DATAQ Instruments Hardware Manager", "", "[CLASS:TComboBox; INSTANCE:1]", "SelectString", "Stop Recording to SD Memory")

ConsoleWrite("done")

WinWaitActive("", "Do you want to Stop Recording to SD Memory?", 2)

Send("y")

-----

As you can see, I'm sending a command to the main window's combobox control and selecting the stop recording. This part of the script works because a confirmation box from the app pops up. But my script does not get back control (I never see "done"). The script is still blocked in ControlCommand! So nothing I do later in the script will be able to acknowledge the confirmation popup and make it go away, rendering my little automation script useless.

[LarryDalooza]

ControlCommand uses SendMessage API... perhaps SendMessageTimeout isn't being used... I don't know ... I do not think that TComboBox is a standard control... thus ControlCommand is an improper command to use. You should try using ControlSend() into the control to navigate it. I think...

meanwhile, I would drop a line in the Developer area or TRAC (bug area) about the possibility that ControlCommand uses SendMessage and not SendMessageTimeout.

Lar.