Delphi/ControlGetText Blues

[kylegee]

Au3_ControlGetText('Title', '', 'RichEdit20W');

When ever I try this is returns 'not enough actual parameters'.

A simular com expression also doesn't seem to work it raises an access violation.

Does anyone know why this happens?

Edited January 21, 2008 by kylegee

[Valik]

Unimaginatively enough, you're not passing enough parameters to the C API function. Look at the function prototype again, think about what the function does and what the arguments might be for.

[kylegee]

Unimaginatively enough, you're not passing enough parameters to the C API function. Look at the function prototype again, think about what the function does and what the arguments might be for.

ok:

AU3_API void WINAPI AU3_ControlGetText(const char *szTitle, const char *szText, const char *szControl, char *szControlText, int nBufSize);

So, I think I understand the first three parameters, because they were outlined in the help file. But what is char *szControlText and int nBufSize.

I'm assuming:

const char *szTitle = window title

const char *szText = text to compare grap with for boolean response

const char *szControl = control id

[Richard Robertson]

You have to pass a char array buffer for the dll to fill in with the data read from the control. C++ doesn't have (yes, there is a string class but it's not very good for interop) strings per se, but they are handled as arrays of an integral type (char). You need to allocate a buffer, then pass the buffer and the length of the buffer (to prevent array-out-of-bounds type problems) for the function to operate.

[kylegee]

You have to pass a char array buffer for the dll to fill in with the data read from the control. C++ doesn't have (yes, there is a string class but it's not very good for interop) strings per se, but they are handled as arrays of an integral type (char). You need to allocate a buffer, then pass the buffer and the length of the buffer (to prevent array-out-of-bounds type problems) for the function to operate.

Ok, you got me heading in the right direction...But I'm still geting access violations.

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
Buffer: Array[ 0..2000 ] of Char;
Begin
Au3_ControlGetText('Untitled','','Edit1','Buffer',2000);
end;

^This method now runs but stills causes violation.^

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
Begin
A.ControlGetText('Untitled','','Edit1');
end;

^This method also runs but causes the same violation.^

Thanks for the help!

[Valik]

The function is expecting the address of a buffer. Not the string "buffer" (be it the name of the variable or not). You appear to be using Delphi, so figure out how to pass the address of a variable in Delphi and you'll have that.

[kylegee]

Finaly solved!

A: TAutoItX3;
...
chatw:= A.ControlGetText('Title of Window','text','ControlNN');

So stupid..... The center 'text' input can not be blank '' it needs to have some of the text your trying to grab or a space if the text your grabing has spaces.

No buffering needed, chatw was declared a string.

[Richard Robertson]

I don't have a clue how you could ever get that to work.

[Valik]

Simple, that's the COM interface which returns the string as opposed to the C interface which requires an output buffer.

[toga1]

Finaly solved!

A: TAutoItX3;
...
chatw:= A.ControlGetText('Title of Window','text','ControlNN');

So stupid..... The center 'text' input can not be blank '' it needs to have some of the text your trying to grab or a space if the text your grabing has spaces.

No buffering needed, chatw was declared a string.

kylegee,

I am trying to use AutoIt in delphi and am struggling with basics.

Can you please show an example of an AutoIt method definition in Delphi, and what parameter types I need to pass?

I tried:

procedure AU3_WinActivate(szTitle, szText : string); external 'AutoItX3.dll';

and

procedure AU3_WinActivate(szTitle, szText : pointer); external 'AutoItX3.dll';

and neither worked when I called with AU3_WinActivate('name', 'text');

If you have a delphi definition file you can share, what would be wonderful.

Thanks in advance.