Find control with ID and other property

[maniootek]

I have app which has two controls with same ID

Control 1:

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Class:    AfxWnd80u
Instance:    16
ClassnameNN:    AfxWnd80u16
Name:    
Advanced (Class):    [CLASS:AfxWnd80u; INSTANCE:16]
ID:    106
Text:    WYŚLIJ/ODBIERZ

Control 2:

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Class:    ins_combohyperlink
Instance:    24
ClassnameNN:    ins_combohyperlink24
Name:    
Advanced (Class):    [CLASS:ins_combohyperlink; INSTANCE:24]
ID:    106
Text:    

I want to use ControlClick() function on control 1.

When I use this code:

ControlClick($hApp, "", "[ID:106; TEXT:WYŚLIJ/ODBIERZ; CLASS:AfxWnd80u]")

then my script click on the control 1 but another time on control 2 (I think it depends which control is first in the objects tree). It seems that ID parameter is the only property which script try to match. Text or class are ignored.

How can I force ControlClick to match all properties?
(I also changed text or class with non-exists values and it still match control with id 106)
 

[Danp2]

Have you tried using just the information under Advanced (Class), ie:  [CLASS:AfxWnd80u; INSTANCE:16] ?

[YellowAfterlife]

If the two controls aren't also within the same container, you can try doing ControlGetHandle on the container, and then passing the handle to ControlClick as the first argument.

[jdelaney]

I have some udf that can do that. I'll upload them tonight. It allows you to find controls with any combination of data points including text, id, class, visibility enabled status, etc.

 

Note: it does not include logic on instance. Personal preference to never use that property because instances change with business logic in most apps

Edited April 26, 2019 by jdelaney

[argumentum]

I don't have the "know how" but maybe you can use SendMessage() to talk to it
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/mfc/reference/afx-messages?view=vs-2019
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/controls/button-messages#sending-messages-to-buttons
https://www.codeguru.com/cpp/misc/misc/article.php/c301/HOWTO-MFC-user-defined-message-maps.htm
https://www.google.com/search?q=sendmessage+AFX+contorls&nfpr=1

[maniootek]

On 4/25/2019 at 11:01 PM, Danp2 said:

Have you tried using just the information under Advanced (Class), ie:  [CLASS:AfxWnd80u; INSTANCE:16] ?

Yes of course and this is the solution but this is not the answer I am looking for.

I am just curious why functions such ControlClick where you can use special format like

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[ID:106; TEXT:WYŚLIJ/ODBIERZ; CLASS:AfxWnd80u]

does not try to match all properties but only ID. In case there is control with ID 106 but TEXT is not as specified, it should return @error not null, am I right? Maybe this is bug or help file is not clear enough under thread "Controls"

[junkew]

You can do this with UIA. See examples sections. 

 

Maybe order makes a difference

ControlClick($hApp, "", "[CLASS:AfxWnd80u; TEXT:WYŚLIJ/ODBIERZ; ID:106]")

Based on the help I would say your example should be working but probably hard to make a reproducing script so others can replay

ControlClick("My Window", "", "[CLASS:Button; TEXT:Finish; INSTANCE:2]")

 

[maniootek]

5 minutes ago, junkew said:

You can do this with UIA. See examples sections. 

My script was writted using UIA before with Click function then I relized that ControlClick suppose to do the same job with less code and ControlClick is better than Click because it might click on the control without focus (control might be covered with other window and controlclick function still can click on it). By the way, is there a method to controlclick with UIA? (I don't mean Invoke method)

 

11 minutes ago, junkew said:

Maybe order makes a difference

ControlClick($hApp, "", "[CLASS:AfxWnd80u; TEXT:WYŚLIJ/ODBIERZ; ID:106]")

 

I already tired change the order but this makes no difference

 

14 minutes ago, junkew said:

hard to make a reproducing script so others can replay

yes, it's hard to find app which has more than one control with the same ID.

I think this shoud be checked with more advanced AutoIt user (who has access to the code of controlclick function)