UI Automation UDFs

[LarsJ]

To make it easier to maintain the UIA code, I've decided to split the code this way:

• This new thread is used for the actual UIA UDFs. Ie. the files stored in Includes folders and named UIA_*.au3 or UIAEH_*.au3.
• The UIASpy thread contains only code that is used directly in the UIASpy GUI, but not the UIA UDFs in this new thread.
• Using UIA Code contains only example code, but neither UIA UDFs nor UIASpy.
• UIA Events contains GUI code to detect events and it contains example code, but neither UIA UDFs nor UIASpy.

This means that every time the code in the UDF files in this new thread is updated (eg. because of Windows 10 feature updates twice a year), you must install the files in the Includes folders in the other threads yourself. The easiest way is simply to copy all UDF files to the Includes folders.
 

UDF Files

• CUIAutomation2.au3        - UIA constants for Windows 7 used in the first examples
• CUIAutomation2-a.au3    - The original UIA constants for Windows 7 from junkew's thread
• UIA_AccVars.au3               - Used to calculate properties of type VT_UNKNOWN, copied and modified from this thread
• UIA_Constants.au3           - UIA constants (copied from UIA header files) up to and including Windows 10 1809
• UIA_ConstNames.au3      - Contains functions for converting UIA constants from values to names
• UIA_Functions.au3           - A collection of small utility functions
• UIA_Functions-a.au3        - First version of utility functions
• UIA_ObjectFromTag.au3 - Creates callback objects used in event handlers, copied and modified from this post by trancexx
• UIA_SafeArray.au3           - Constants and functions to handle safearrays, copied from this thread
• UIA_Variant.au3               - Constants and functions to handle variants, copied from this thread
• UIAEH_AutomationEventHandler.au3             - Implements the AutomationEventHandler
• UIAEH_FocusChangedEventHandler.au3        - Implements the FocusChangedEventHandler
• UIAEH_NotificationEventHandler.au3             - Implements the NotificationEventHandler, published in Windows 10 1709
• UIAEH_PropertyChangedEventHandler.au3  - Implements the PropertyChangedEventHandler
• UIAEH_StructureChangedEventHandler.au3 - Implements the StructureChangedEventHandler

Folders
The UI Automation projects can be stored in a folder structure this way:

• UI Automation\
  • Code\       - Using UIA code
  • Events\    - UIA events
  • Spy tool\ - UIASpy.au3
  • UDFs\      - UDF files

The UDF files must be installed in Includes\ in the first three folders.
 

Threads

• UIASpy - UI Automation Spy Tool is a GUI tool that provides information about windows and controls and their interconnection and provides functionality to generate sample code. UIASpy is essential for creating UI Automation code.
• In Using UI Automation Code in AutoIt you can find and download examples and read information about using UIA code.
• UI Automation Events is about implementing event handlers and includes GUIs to detect events.
• IUIAutomation MS framework automate chrome, FF, IE, .... created by junkew August 2013 is the first AutoIt thread on UIA code.

Zip-file
The zip contains source code for the UDF files.

You need AutoIt 3.3.12 or later. Tested on Windows XP, Windows 7 and Windows 10.

Comments are welcome. Let me know if there are any issues.

UIAIncludes.7z

Edited February 9, 2020 by LarsJ

[polarole]

hi, 

 

i tried to use the UIASpy and installed the files as suggested, the script compiles succesfully, but the gui doesnt show up. whats wrong there?

[Jos]

3 hours ago, polarole said:

i tried to use the UIASpy and installed the files as suggested, the script compiles succesfully, but the gui doesnt show up. whats wrong there?

Line 20 of your script maybe? 

Spoiler

Seriously: Provide all required details, like script and explain what you are trying to do,  when you want to get some real support here.  

Jos

[polarole]

i am running UIASpy_Gui.au3 in the SciTe Editor and when i hit go i get:

>"D:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3\SciTE\..\AutoIt3.exe" "D:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3\SciTE\AutoIt3Wrapper\AutoIt3Wrapper.au3" /run /prod /ErrorStdOut /in "D:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3\Include\Spy_tool\Includes\GuiIncludes\UIASpy_Gui.au3" /UserParams    
+>17:00:42 Starting AutoIt3Wrapper (19.1127.1402.0} from:SciTE.exe (4.2.0.0)  Keyboard:00000407  OS:WIN_10/  CPU:X64 OS:X64  Environment(Language:0407)  CodePage:0  utf8.auto.check:4
+>         SciTEDir => D:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3\SciTE   UserDir => C:\Users\Olfa\AppData\Local\AutoIt v3\SciTE\AutoIt3Wrapper   SCITE_USERHOME => C:\Users\Olfa\AppData\Local\AutoIt v3\SciTE 
>Running AU3Check (3.3.14.5)  from:D:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3  input:D:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3\Include\Spy_tool\Includes\GuiIncludes\UIASpy_Gui.au3
+>17:00:43 AU3Check ended.rc:0
>Running:(3.3.14.5):D:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3\autoit3_x64.exe "D:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3\Include\Spy_tool\Includes\GuiIncludes\UIASpy_Gui.au3"    
+>Setting Hotkeys...--> Press Ctrl+Alt+Break to Restart or Ctrl+BREAK to Stop.
+>17:00:43 AutoIt3.exe ended.rc:0
+>17:00:43 AutoIt3Wrapper Finished.
>Exit code: 0    Time: 1.786

 

But no Gui is opening?

 

Thats better?

[LarsJ]

Initially, it's not necessary to compile the code. Just run the script in SciTE with F5.

I'm pretty sure you installed the code incorrectly or run the code incorrectly.

In the Folders section above, a folder structure for installing the code is suggested. Please install the code in this structure at least until you've got it working.

Download and extract UIAIncludes.7z above in the ...\UI Automation\UDFs folder. The ...\UI Automation\UDFs\Includes folder should now contain 15 au3-scripts.

Download and extract UIASpy.7z in the "...\UI Automation\Spy tool" folder. In ...\UI Automation\Spy tool\Includes you'll see a text file, Includes.txt, with the following content:

Copy include files from UI Automation UDFs to this folder:
https://www.autoitscript.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=???????
The easiest way is simply to copy all include files to this folder.

Copy all 15 files from ...\UI Automation\UDFs\Includes to ...\UI Automation\Spy tool\Includes.

Open ...\UI Automation\Spy tool\UIASpy.au3 in SciTE and run the script with F5.

Note that UI Automation code isn't AutoIt main stream code. It's more difficult to use than the built-in automation functions. To get started, read Using UI Automation Code in AutoIt.

Edited November 14, 2020 by LarsJ

[polarole]

hi,

 

it works now. thanks for helping. i also started working through the axamples they are very helpfull.

Edited November 17, 2020 by polarole

[vergil250493]

C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3\Include\UIASpy_ElemInfo.au3 (2) : ==> Error opening the file.: 
#include "..\UIA_AccVars.au3" 


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