How to script if the controls in the window are not identified.

[Sambhaji]

Hi all,

I am new to AutoIT. Working on scripting a desktop application using AutoIT.

The application has frames, treeviews etc. Using the Finder tool (from the AutoIT info dialog) I am not able to

identify the elements.

Let me explain more clearly..

1. I invoke an application from the program files.

2. In the application window, in a pane, i need to select and expand a particular folder name displayed in treeview.

3. Then I select some (say xyz) value in it .

4. In the right side pane there is a list view which displays some items.

5. I need to verify if a particular item exists in it.

6. If not then i need to add the item using right click add operation on the folder selected above.

Could you please help me with this?

I am facing similar prob for an internal site for which i need to do the scripting.

[PsaltyDS]

Hi all,

I am new to AutoIT. Working on scripting a desktop application using AutoIT.

The application has frames, treeviews etc. Using the Finder tool (from the AutoIT info dialog) I am not able to

identify the elements.

Let me explain more clearly..

1. I invoke an application from the program files.

2. In the application window, in a pane, i need to select and expand a particular folder name displayed in treeview.

3. Then I select some (say xyz) value in it .

4. In the right side pane there is a list view which displays some items.

5. I need to verify if a particular item exists in it.

6. If not then i need to add the item using right click add operation on the folder selected above.

Could you please help me with this?

I am facing similar prob for an internal site for which i need to do the scripting.

There is no magic in AutoIt, it uses the standard Windows APIs to access controls drawn them. When an app was compiled with some other library of APIs, or if the code created custom controls, then AutoIt can't use them.

Controls in a Flash app are a good example. The API to pass external messages to/from Flash is not available, and the controls are owner-drawn by Flash executables, not the Windows APIs. There is nothing AutoIt can do with that.