Is it possible to pull data from a drop down box?

[PieMan]

In one of our applications there is a drop down box that has about 50 entries... is it possible to extract those entries into a text file?

I personally dont think you can but im new to AutoIT so i thought i might ask..

Thanks.

[MDCT]

Maybe with _GUICtrlComboBoxEx_GetList?

http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/docs/l...xEx_GetList.htm

Good luck.

Here's one example:

#include <WinAPI.au3>
#include <GUIComboBoxEx.au3>
Opt('WinTitleMatchMode', 4)

while 1
    Sleep(50)
    if _WinAPI_GetClassName(WinGetHandle("[ACTIVE]"))  <> "#32770" Then
        Sleep(100)
    Else
        $Combobox = ControlGetHandle(WinGetHandle("[ACTIVE]"), "", "[CLASS:ComboBox; INSTANCE:1]")
        tooltip(_GUICtrlComboBoxEx_GetList ($Combobox),0,0)
    EndIf
    Sleep(50)
WEnd

It will show the combobox of Open/Save dialog. So, to try it, you would need to open the dialog, just "save as" on notepad or scite to open the dialog.

Edited June 24, 2009 by MDCT

[PieMan]

Maybe with _GUICtrlComboBoxEx_GetList?

http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/docs/l...xEx_GetList.htm

Good luck.

Here's one example:

#include <WinAPI.au3>
#include <GUIComboBoxEx.au3>
Opt('WinTitleMatchMode', 4)

while 1
    Sleep(50)
    if _WinAPI_GetClassName(WinGetHandle("[ACTIVE]"))  <> "#32770" Then
        Sleep(100)
    Else
        $Combobox = ControlGetHandle(WinGetHandle("[ACTIVE]"), "", "[CLASS:ComboBox; INSTANCE:1]")
        tooltip(_GUICtrlComboBoxEx_GetList ($Combobox),0,0)
    EndIf
    Sleep(50)
WEnd

It will show the combobox of Open/Save dialog. So, to try it, you would need to open the dialog, just "save as" on notepad or scite to open the dialog.

Great thank you so much... its not fully working but at least it's pulling the data from the list (my code).

Edited June 24, 2009 by PieMan

[MDCT]

Hmmm, you're right. It will correctly retrieve all the data in the combobox only after the combobox is drop-downed. Otherwise, it will only retrieve the current item and the items before.

I moded the code earlier so it will dropdown the combobox, retrieve the data, and then hide the dropdown.

#include <WinAPI.au3>
#include <GUIComboBoxEx.au3>

Opt('WinTitleMatchMode', 4)

while 1
    Sleep(50)
    if _WinAPI_GetClassName(WinGetHandle("[ACTIVE]"))  <> "#32770" Then
        Sleep(100)
    Else
        $Combobox = ControlGetHandle(WinGetHandle("[ACTIVE]"), "", "[CLASS:ComboBox; INSTANCE:1]")
        _GUICtrlComboBoxEx_ShowDropDown($Combobox, True)
        $list=_GUICtrlComboBoxEx_GetListArray($Combobox)
        Sleep(25)
        _GUICtrlComboBoxEx_ShowDropDown($Combobox, False)
        for $x=1 to $list[0]
            tooltip("Total data: "&$list[0] &" Current data: "&$list[$x],0,0)
            sleep(200)
        next
    EndIf
    Sleep(50)
WEnd

I know the work around is not pretty, but I believe the experts here could help you to get all the data better than this.

Good luck.

[Thamiel]

Here's a snippet from a program I've been working on, the Function delete's an entry from a ComboBox, after which it delete's the old ini file, then sorts the ComboBox entries, removes any dupes and lastly writes the remaining ComboBox entries back out to an ini file.

Func Del()
    _GUICtrlComboBox_DeleteString($PickIt, _GUICtrlComboBox_FindStringExact($PickIt, ControlGetText('', '', '[CLASS:Edit; INSTANCE:2]'), -1))
    If FileExists($ST_INI) Then FileDelete($ST_INI)
    $aList = _GUICtrlComboBox_GetListArray($PickIt)
    _ArraySort($aList)
    _ArrayRemoveDuplicates($aList)
    $file = FileOpen($ST_INI, 1)
    For $x = 1 To $aList[0]
    FileWriteLine($file, $aList[$x])
    Next
    FileClose($file)
EndFunc   ;==>Del