Checkbox is not recognized in Windows 7 Internet Properties

[jb7]

I am trying to make sure a check box is checked in Internet Properties - advanced tab, but ControlTreeView "IsChecked" returns -1:not a checkbox

Run("control inetcpl.cpl,,6")
WinWaitActive("Internet Properties")
$treeview = ControlGetHandle("", "", "[CLASS:SysTreeView32; INSTANCE:1]")
ControlTreeView ("","",$treeview ,"Select", "#1|#1") ; works Ok - it selects an item
MsgBox("","",ControlTreeView ("","",$treeview ,"IsChecked", "#1|#1")) ; shows -1
ControlTreeView ("","",$treeview ,"Check", "#1|#1") ;does not work

Any ideas how at least to get checkbox's state, then I can use Space to check it if needed

thanks

EDIT:

1) the target checkbox is "Enable Browser Extensions", but this is not really important, because they are all the same

2) The user has no admin rights, so he can not change registry

UPDATE: The HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMain does not require admin rights, so the solution is to use RegWrite. Thanks to all!

Edited October 1, 2012 by jb7

[FireFox]

Hi,

It's not a "raw checkbox", but a "treeview checkbox", take a look at this function which should do the trick : _GUICtrlTreeView_SetChecked

Br, FireFox.

[jb7]

Hi,

It's not a "raw checkbox", but a "treeview checkbox", take a look at this function which should do the trick : _GUICtrlTreeView_SetChecked

Br, FireFox.

How do I get handle of the checkbox? In the docs they create checkboxes themselves and get handle in the proceess

$hItem[$x]=GUICtrlCreateTreeViewItem(StringFormat("[%02d] New Item",$x+1),$hTreeView)

...

_GUICtrlTreeView_SetChecked($hTreeView,$hItem[$hRandomItem])

[Bert]

These settings can be maintained in the registry.

[James]

These settings can be maintained in the registry.

A quick note from something I've found over the years. When modifying the registry of a program that's currently running, you may need to restart it, as the program didn't make the changes itself, it can't automatically reflect them.

Edited September 13, 2012 by James

[FireFox]

How do I get handle of the checkbox? In the docs...

Yes, in the docs like you said, there is other funcs to get that handle : _GUICtrlTreeView_GetItemByIndex, _GUICtrlTreeView_FindItem, ...

Br, FireFox.

[jb7]

Yes, in the docs like you said, there is other funcs to get that handle : _GUICtrlTreeView_GetItemByIndex, _GUICtrlTreeView_FindItem, ...

Br, FireFox.

Thanks, it gets the handle but it does not select it or check the checkbox

#include <GuiTreeView.au3>
Run("control inetcpl.cpl,,6")
WinWaitActive("Internet Properties")
$treeview = ControlGetHandle("", "", "[CLASS:SysTreeView32; INSTANCE:1]")
ControlTreeView ("","",$treeview ,"Select", "#1|#1") ;works Ok
ControlTreeView ("","",$treeview ,"Check", "#1|#1") ; no action
$hItemFound = _GUICtrlTreeView_FindItem($treeview, "Play system sounds")
MsgBox("","",$hItemFound ); shows the handle Ok
_GUICtrlTreeView_SetChecked($treeview,$hItemFound ) ; no action
_GUICtrlTreeView_SelectItemByIndex("","",9) ; no action

[JLogan3o13]

I would agree with scullion; most settings I do I just set it in the registry, rather than trying to manually navigate through the GUI. It will probably save you a lot of frustration.

[Bert]

A quick note from something I've found over the years. When modifying the registry of a program that's currently running, you may need to restart it, as the program didn't make the changes itself, it can't automatically reflect them.

Good catch!

[jb7]

These settings can be maintained in the registry.

Thanks I did it !!!!

But checkbox is still not recognized

Edited September 14, 2012 by jb7

[Bert]

I know you can also use the policy editor to do it.

https://www.google.com/search?q=ie+policy+editor

[JLogan3o13]

jb7, my old eyes may be deceiving me, but I don't see it mentioned exactly which checkbox you're trying to manipulate. Can you explain just what setting(s) you're trying to change?

Edited September 14, 2012 by JLogan3o13

[jb7]

jb7, my old eyes may be deceiving me, but I don't see it mentioned exactly which checkbox you're trying to manipulate. Can you explain just what setting(s) you're trying to change?

Actually I am able to change what I need through registry update, I need to make sure "Enable Browser Extensions" is checked. But as I said in the beginning, the script that is supposed to work doesn't work, so this may be interesting to the Autoit team.

[jb7]

Just realized that I can not use the registry because the user has no admin rights. So back to original issue - Any ideas how to get checkbox's state in Internet Properties - advanced tab

[BrewManNH]

Where in the registry is the setting? Because if it's in HKCU, then the user can change it even without admin rights.

[jb7]

Where in the registry is the setting? Because if it's in HKCU, then the user can change it even without admin rights.

yes you are right, I used RegWrite and it worked. Question closed, thanks!