Open EXE hidden and another problem

[Azazash]

Hi,

I have, what i hope, are some very simple questions i would appreciate some assistance with.

Can anyone please point out to me why the following line does not open the Sounds & Audio Device Properties window as a hidden window?

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Also can someone in the know, please explain if its possible to read a specific area of an application and replicate it onto an AutoIT GUI?

The problem i'm having is that im trying to read a timer from within a Delphi application, however, the text for this timer, which appears to be a label, does not output anything that i can grab. I have tried using the Window Info Tool, but as i said, there is nothing shown. I can only assume that whatever the control is in Delphi, it has no handle that i can use.

Therefore the only other way i can think of to get the text is to just grab that specific area of the application that has the timer on it and have a label i can Adlib a GuiCtrlSetData onto to update it.

I've thought about using TimerDiff etc to create my own timers, but its to do with voice recording and i need it to be exactly the same time as the original timer, and i cant get teh timer to kick off the instant the other timer starts.

[James]

Instead of using the sounds window, why not change them through the registry?

I think it's the registry they're stored in.

[Azazash]

yeah i can change the settings using this key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Multimedia\Sound Mapper\Playback however, the application has to be restarted to pickup the change because its only read on opening.

Edit, meant to say but got distracted

The method i use above does allow the sound device to be changed on the fly, and only requires the sound being played be stopped and started for the output to change. But as i said, it's messy to have the Control Panel applet flash up and close again.

Edited June 3, 2009 by Azazash

[James]

yeah i can change the settings using this key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Multimedia\Sound Mapper\Playback however, the application has to be restarted to pickup the change because its only read on opening.

Your application? If so, then make it read it again.

[Azazash]

thanks for responding to my query, but no it's not my application, its a 3rd party delphi 3 voice recorder application and i'm trying to overlay some volume controls onto it. The overlay works fine but its getting the overlay to interface with windows that the problem.

[Azazash]

I spotted my mistake with the _GUICtrlComboBox_GetLBText function, i was outputting the wrong variable...

I was calling this

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[Azazash]

is there anyone else who might have an idea of my two problems?