Is it possible to get the object of "Open" or "Save As" window

[kcvinu]

Hi all,

Is it possible to get the object of a "Open" or "Save As" window. I have tested with the ObjGet function, but didn't get a result. And error number is something like this -245404447. All i need to navigate a specific folder from this "Open" or "Save As" window. 

[jguinch]

Just use ControlSetText/ControlClick

[Danyfirex]

which object did you mean? A file shell item object?

 

Saludos

[water]

The Obj* functions do not automate the GUI, they use COM to access methods and properties of the application.
Which application do you try to automate?

[kcvinu]

Oh then the FileOpenDialogue windows are not a part of Shell.Application object. I thought that, i can connect it with COM. You mean those windows are only the part of the parent programs. Anyway, i have tried with Google Chrome's Save As window. I need to save all jpeg files to a dedicated folder. So i have made a script. It will start as soon as the Save As window opens. And suddenly rename the jpeg file with a dedicated uniqe name. But i can't navigate the dedicated folder then. That is my problem.

[water]

Do I understand you correctly that you want to

• wait until the user opens the Save As dialog
• When the user saves a jpeg file then rename it
• Save it to another folder

But I might be wrong. From your OP it is not really clear what you want to do.

[junkew]

You should be able to handle those save as dialogs with the IUIautomation stuff in the examples section. Try with simplespy if it recognizes the controls.

[kcvinu]

Yes @water , That is what i want. And in your list, only the last thing is difficult for me. 

@junkew , Thank you. Let me check it with simple spy.

Edited August 17, 2015 by kcvinu

[water]

Can you please post your code so we can play a bit?

[junkew]

@KCVINU: Did you try to just enter your foldername in the file textbox.
That textbox itself is directly recognized whereas the listbox controls and treeview controls are only reachable with IUIAutomation.

But in your case it seems just that you have to enter <path><filename>.jpg in the file textbox.

That easily can be done with controlsettext function of AutoIT

[CLASS:Edit; INSTANCE:1] seems to be the recognition pattern (at least from Chrome save as)

 

based on

https://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/docs/functions/ControlSetText.htm

you should get something like

#include <MsgBoxConstants.au3>

Example()

Func Example()
    ; Wait 10 seconds for the save as window to appear.
    Local $hWnd = WinWait("[CLASS:#32770]", "", 10)

    ; Set the edit control in save as with some text. The handle returned by WinWait is used for the "title" parameter of ControlSetText.
    ControlSetText($hWnd, "", "[CLASS:Edit; INSTANCE:1]", "%temp%\myfile.jpg")

    ; Retrieve the text of the edit control in Notepad. The handle returned by WinWait is used for the "title" parameter of ControlGetText.
   ; Local $sText = ControlGetText($hWnd, "", "Edit1")

    ; Display the text of the edit control.
;    MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, "", "The text in Edit1 is: " & $sText)

    ; Close the Notepad window using the handle returned by WinWait.
;    WinClose($hWnd)
EndFunc   ;==>Example

 

Edited August 17, 2015 by junkew

[kcvinu]

@water , this is my code. 

While 1
    Sleep(50)
    if _IsPressed("1B") Then ; Press esc for off
            ExitLoop
        EndIf
    If WinExists("Save As") Then

        Local $wintxt = ControlGetText("Save As", "", 1001) ; Text from Chrome's save as window
        If StringRegExp($wintxt, "unnamed") And StringLen($wintxt) <= 7 Then ; if there is an unnamed file
            WinActivate("Save As")
            Local $Current_time = _Now() ; Setting present time to a variable
            Local $DediCated_FileName = StringReplace($Current_time, ":", "-") ; Replaces all ':' s
            ControlSetText("Save As", $wintxt, 1001, $DediCated_FileName) ; Set the new filename
            Send("{END}s")

        EndIf
    EndIf
WEnd

Exit

In this code i didn't try to change the folder path, because i don't know how to do it. 

[water]

I haven't tried it but you simply would prepend the path. Example:

ControlSetText("Save As", $wintxt, 1001, "C:\temp\ & $DediCated_FileName) ; Set the new path and filename

 

[kcvinu]

@junkew,  That's good idea. I don't even think abt that

 

[kcvinu]

@water Yes. That's what junkew too said. Let me try that. Thanks @water and thanks @junkew

[junkew]

@KCVINU: I used #32770 as AU3Inf did not get the text from the save as window. So in your winexists you should check on special definition 

winexists("[CLASS:#32770]")

similar for winactivate

ControlSetText("Save As", $wintxt, 1001, $DediCated_FileName) ; Set the new filenam

change to

ControlSetText("Save As", "", "[CLASS:Edit; INSTANCE:1]", $DediCated_FileName) ; Set the new filenam

[kcvinu]

@junkew , Ok. using classname instead of control ID. OK got it. Let me check it. Thanks a lot.