GUICtrlCreateFinder

[Mat]

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Based on lazycats example, this makes it very easy to use the cool little icon we all use in the window info tool. I have tried to make it as simple as possible to use, so all the users need to do is create the control, and treat the messages as you would any other control. You can also use the follwing variables to see whats happening:

* $FINDER_OPEN - Returns True if the control is currently searching

* $FINDER_HWND - The handle to the control it is currently (or last) over.

* $FINDER_CLASS - The class.

* $FINDER_PARENT - the parent of the control (handle)

* $FINDER_TITLE - The title of the window.

example 1: Simple notification:

#Include "GUIFinder.au3"

$hGUI = GUICreate ("Test")

$hFinder = GUICtrlCreateFinder (2, 2)

GUISetState ()

While 1
   Switch GUIGetMsg ()
      Case -3
         Exit
      Case $hFinder
         MsgBox (0, "Finder tool used", WingetTitle ($FINDER_PARENT) & @CRLF & $FINDER_CLASS)
   EndSwitch
WEnd

Example 2: Checking in a loop for changes.

#Include "GUIFinder.au3"

$hGUI = GUICreate ("Test")

$hFinder = GUICtrlCreateFinder (2, 2)

$hHwndInp = GUICtrlCreateInput ("", 40, 40, 100, 20)
$hClassInp = GUICtrlCreateInput ("", 40, 62, 100, 20)
$hParInp = GUICtrlCreateInput ("", 40, 84, 100, 20)
$hTitleInp = GUICtrlCreateInput ("", 40, 106, 100, 20)

GUISetState ()

While 1
   Switch GUIGetMsg ()
      Case -3
         Exit
   EndSwitch
   If $FINDER_OPEN And (String ($FINDER_HWND) <> GUICtrlRead ($hHwndInp)) Then
      GUICtrlSetData ($hHwndInp, $FINDER_HWND)
      GUICtrlSetData ($hClassInp, $FINDER_CLASS)
      GUICtrlSetData ($hParInp, $FINDER_PARENT)
      GUICtrlSetData ($hTitleInp, $FINDER_TITLE)
   EndIf
WEnd

And a download link for a zip:

http://code.google.com/p/m-a-t/downloads/detail?name=GUIFinder.zip

Mat

Edited July 7, 2011 by Mat

[AlmarM]

Sweet!

[Mat]

Sweet!

Just you wait till you see what i'm doing with it

Mat

[AlmarM]

Just you wait till you see what i'm doing with it

Mat

Sounds interesting... Im waiting

[Mat]

Sounds interesting... Im waiting

I'm busy building in a control outline thingy like the real thing, and thats coming along nicely read here.

As for whats going to happen with it... A more simple example is almost finished, its going to be a key sender, that has the added advantage of being able to send to hidden controls. So you can now spam people on MSN or whatever you want to whilst the window is hidden.

Mat

[Dolemite50]

Nicely done, Mat! You've been a kicking out some good stuff.

[wraithdu]

I've got a version here from another project with control highlighting (if you need inspiration). It uses GDI+ instead of the GUI method in your linked post.

http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=102870

Edited November 20, 2009 by wraithdu

[Mat]

Nicely done, Mat! You've been a kicking out some good stuff.

Thanks!

I've got a version here from another project with control highlighting (if you need inspiration). It uses GDI+ instead of the GUI method in your linked post.

http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=102870

Yep. Its a lot cleaner and its taken me very little time to see exactly what its doing Not completelu sure about the colour though, Black or red seems a much better choice than your light blue.

[Dolemite50]

I've got a version here from another project with control highlighting

Nice, wraithdu. That highlighting is smooooth. The only beef I had was that it didn't provide classes in realtime but that shouldn't be too hard for me to tweak. I liked the blue, those red highlights make me think error.

[Mat]

Nice, wraithdu. That highlighting is smooooth. The only beef I had was that it didn't provide classes in realtime but that shouldn't be too hard for me to tweak. I liked the blue, those red highlights make me think error.

Kk, Black? I don't know how well it'll stand out though... I think reds good because very few programs do use it (except for errors) so it should stand out. How about an option for it... That'll be better.

Mat

[yashrai]

i.waant.make.GUICtrlCreateFinder text.finder(mache)........

in..with........inputbox............

pls........help...me

[Mat]

....kk....Is.this.it?

#Include "GUIFinder.au3"

$hGUI = GUICreate ("Test")

$hFinder = GUICtrlCreateFinder (2, 2)

$hTextInp = GUICtrlCreateEdit ("", 40, 40, 200, 300)

GUISetState ()


$curHwnd = 0
While 1
   Switch GUIGetMsg ()
      Case -3
         Exit
   EndSwitch
   If $FINDER_OPEN And ($FINDER_HWND <> $curHwnd) Then
      $curHwnd = $FINDER_HWND
      GUICtrlSetData ($hTextInp, ControlGetText ($FINDER_HWND, "", ""))
   EndIf
WEnd

Mat

[wraithdu]

I went with the slightly transparent blue to stand out. Black blends in too much. It was an arbitrary choice and can be changed in the _Init() function where the GDI+ pen is created. Now, the app Sandboxie has a version of this too, but its highlights use some kind of sligtly transparent inverse color border that looks pretty slick. I have no idea how to create that though.

@Dolemite50

The purpose of my script is to get the text from password obscured input/edit controls, so yeah it only gives info after you've selected a control. But yes, you could easily tweak it to update whatever info you need on the fly.

I also adapted that script from Lazycat's example

[Mat]

I like the way you used .ico files (and a cursor file) instead of the resources thing Lazycat did. That looks very tidy, but i'm not sure its ideal for a UDF to do that.

I am building in a funtction called "GUICtrlFinderSetOpt" or something along those lines, that'll look similar to autoits "Opt".

If you want something in there just ask, its just a big switch statement with current options: "FrameColour" and "FrameDisplay", as well as one called "NotifyOn", which will change when a message is sent to the dummy control.

Mat

[corgano]

How do I nominate for MVP?

does it return anything besides $FINDER_HWND, $FINDER_CLASS, $FINDER_PARENT, and $FINDER_TITLE ?

[Mat]

How do I nominate for MVP?

does it return anything besides $FINDER_HWND, $FINDER_CLASS, $FINDER_PARENT, and $FINDER_TITLE ?

No... Since it's actually only returning things found out from $FINDER_HWND, you should be able to do that for yourself (see my example 2 posts below to get the control text).

What is it you need?

heres what it does now.

$FINDER_HWND   = $hWndUnder
   $FINDER_PARENT = _GUI_FINDER_GET_PARENT ($hWndUnder)
   $FINDER_CLASS  = _GUI_FINDER_GET_CLASS ($hWndUnder)
   $FINDER_TITLE  = WinGetTitle ($hWndUnder)

Mat

Edited November 20, 2009 by Mat

[wraithdu]

That looks very tidy, but i'm not sure its ideal for a UDF to do that.

I agree, not ideal for a UDF. But I didn't like the temporary files Lazycat was using, so decided to go with embedded resources, which is a great route for a final distribution.

[Mat]

Agreed. I could do something clever and embed the resources on compile. Detecting and changing resources depending on @Compiled would not be a problem, so If I could find a way to embed them, could I use the Run_Before command, to create the resources, embed them like you have, and then delete them afterwards.

I then need to check if said resources exist, as they may not have used Au3Wrapper to compile...

I reckon its possible.

Mat

[Mat]

updated!! Thanks a lot to Wraithdu and his amazing GDI+ frame creation stuff! very helpful.

You can set to show the frame, what colour it should be (I kept default as black ), and you can now also set when to be notified. Current times are start and finish. Default is finish only.

New example:

#Include "GUIFinder.au3"

$hGUI = GUICreate ("Test")

$hFinder = GUICtrlCreateFinder (2, 2)

_FinderSetOpt ("FrameColour", 0xFFFF0000)

GUISetState ()

While 1
   Switch GUIGetMsg ()
      Case -3
         Exit
   EndSwitch
WEnd

Next up, embedding resources on compile! If I can get that working then I might just get some sleep tonight.

Mat

[131738]

Based on lazycats example, this makes it very easy to use the cool little icon we all use in the window info tool. I have tried to make it as simple as possible to use, so all the users need to do is create the control, and treat the messages as you would any other control. You can also use the follwing variables to see whats happening:

* $FINDER_OPEN - Returns True if the control is currently searching

* $FINDER_HWND - The handle to the control it is currently (or last) over.

* $FINDER_CLASS - The class.

* $FINDER_PARENT - the parent of the control (handle)

* $FINDER_TITLE - The title of the window.

example 1: Simple notification:

#Include "GUIFinder.au3"

$hGUI = GUICreate ("Test")

$hFinder = GUICtrlCreateFinder (2, 2)

GUISetState ()

While 1
   Switch GUIGetMsg ()
      Case -3
         Exit
      Case $hFinder
         MsgBox (0, "Finder tool used", WingetTitle ($FINDER_PARENT) & @CRLF & $FINDER_CLASS)
   EndSwitch
WEnd

Example 2: Checking in a loop for changes.

#Include "GUIFinder.au3"

$hGUI = GUICreate ("Test")

$hFinder = GUICtrlCreateFinder (2, 2)

$hHwndInp = GUICtrlCreateInput ("", 40, 40, 100, 20)
$hClassInp = GUICtrlCreateInput ("", 40, 62, 100, 20)
$hParInp = GUICtrlCreateInput ("", 40, 84, 100, 20)
$hTitleInp = GUICtrlCreateInput ("", 40, 106, 100, 20)

GUISetState ()

While 1
   Switch GUIGetMsg ()
      Case -3
         Exit
   EndSwitch
   If $FINDER_OPEN And (String ($FINDER_HWND) <> GUICtrlRead ($hHwndInp)) Then
      GUICtrlSetData ($hHwndInp, $FINDER_HWND)
      GUICtrlSetData ($hClassInp, $FINDER_CLASS)
      GUICtrlSetData ($hParInp, $FINDER_PARENT)
      GUICtrlSetData ($hTitleInp, $FINDER_TITLE)
   EndIf
WEnd

And a download link for a zip:

http://m-a-t.googlecode.com/files/GUIFinder.zip

Mat

It seems can not detect "Static" control, and would undermine the "Static" control. Thanks!