Control Click, not clicking?

[JfreemanRCA]

I'm applying some security settings to files, a bunch of the files I don't have permission on, which is another issues that's going to be fixed after this.

Anyway, I need to click Continue a couple thousand times without destroying my wrist. Here's what I have so far.
 

 WinActivate("Error Applying Security")
 Sleep(100)
 ControlClick("Error Applying Security", "&Continue", "[CLASS:Button: INSTANCE:1]")
 Sleep(100)

I'll worry about looping it once I've got it working right.

I used the window info tool to get what I've got there, but it just doesn't click the button. I run the script, nothing happens. I've also tried using MouseMove to that location and MouseClick, with similar results, mouse moves, nothing happens.

Is this because it's a virtual machine that I'm connected to? I don't have AutoIt installed on the server, I'm compiling the script and running it locally on the server I've just been connecting to it via RDP, I also tried the vSphere Console as well to no avail.

Thanks for any help you can offer.
 

Edited November 3, 2014 by JfreemanRCA

[jdelaney]

Windows shown through vsphere are just pixels...you won't be able to hook into the handles.

You'll need to execute the script on the VM, locally.

[llewxam]

You can also do something like this (again through vSphere):

Do
    Sleep(50)
Until WinExists("Error Applying Security")
WinActivate("Error Applying Security")
Sleep(100)
Send("{TAB}")
Send("{SPACE}")
Sleep(100)

Assuming it only takes 1 TAB to highlight the OK button, if not use additional Send commands.

Ian

[JfreemanRCA]

Your suggestion along with a #requireadmin resolved the issue.

Thanks!

[Tony4219]

Thanks llewxam for your suggestions here.

I was trying to automate  Win10 Defender/Windows Security. AsAdmin, I could use autoIT to launch it, close it, move it but NOTHING worked to click on the controls inside the window, including all combinations of ControlClick to locations on the window.  I had read windows UIAutomation was the likely problem and  had forgotten about SendKeys.

My goal was to automate the separate key presses to turn off RealTimeProtection VERY OFTEN, since it now [2024] randomly turns itself back on, sometimes only minutes later.

The following opens the Defender window, navigates to the section showing the RTP setting, shrinks the window, and moves to the right lower corner, so I can see if RTP is on or not. The on/off slider is always in view, mainly so I can turn RTP off with one click.  My screen resolution is 1600x900 for those WinMove settings

                Run(@ComSpec & " /c start windowsdefender: ")
                $hwnd = WinWaitActive('Windows Security')    
                WinActivate($hwnd)              
                WinSetState('Windows Security', "", @SW_MAXIMIZE)
                Sleep(2000)
                ;============ found      \/
                If $hwnd > 0 then
                WinActivate($hwnd)    
                Send("{TAB 4}")
                Send("{SPACE}")
                Sleep(1000)   ; Wait to see what happened. REDUCE ALL SLEEPS ONCE THIS WORKS
                Send("{TAB 5}")
                Send("{SPACE}")
                Sleep(2000)   
                WinMove("Windows Security", "", 1460, 476, 50, 50, 1)
                EndIf
                ;============= found     /\

[SOLVE-SMART]

Wow, sorry but I have to say, almost a decade after the last post you reopen this topic with some arbitrary related content.
That's totally unnecessary 😒 .

Edited April 29 by SOLVE-SMART