UIAWrappers select combobox using automation id

[dranzer006]

Hi,

I'm using UIAWrappers  to make a script to select combobox inside a window. The app is made using WindowsForms10

and the ProcessIdPropertyId changes every time i restart the app. while CLASS name is same for all combobox 

The only permanent field that I can use is $UIA_AutomationIdPropertyId. is there any way/example to use this in _UIA_action

 

 

Thanks

 

[dranzer006]

PS:

i am able to select the element using automationid:= however i can't choose the item in dropdown menu 

[FrancescoDiMuro]

@dranzer006
Could you please post the entire UI tree from simplespy or UIASpy?

[dranzer006]

6 minutes ago, FrancescoDiMuro said:

@dranzer006
Could you please post the entire UI tree from simplespy or UIASpy?

 

Here https://pastebin.com/j2JCvU82

i am using 

_UIA_setVar("product","automationid:=CMBorder")
_UIA_action("product","propertyvalue:=MKT, Market")

is there something wrong in syntax ? 

 

Thanks

 

 

[FrancescoDiMuro]

Sorry @dranzer006.
I am more familiar with UIASpy tool.
Could you please download it and post the UI Tree?
Otherwise, I am not of much help here (sorry again!)

[dranzer006]

52 minutes ago, FrancescoDiMuro said:

Sorry @dranzer006.
I am more familiar with UIASpy tool.
Could you please download it and post the UI Tree?
Otherwise, I am not of much help here (sorry again!)

Here, I tried multiple ways (invoke, setfocus, click) however they don't select list box items directly . 

the only working solution I got was sending keyboard arrow keys directly to select, is there a better way to do this ?

 

 

Thanks

[FrancescoDiMuro]

@dranzer006
Well, from here you could try to get the handle of the ComboBox with ControlGetHandle(), using the $UIA_AutomationIdPropertyId as the "NAME" (The internal .NET Framework WinForms name) of the control;
otherwise, since the control supports theItemContainerPatter, maybee you can select the item with ItemContainerPattern.FindItem and select it from there

[dranzer006]

3 hours ago, FrancescoDiMuro said:

@dranzer006
Well, from here you could try to get the handle of the ComboBox with ControlGetHandle(), using the $UIA_AutomationIdPropertyId as the "NAME" (The internal .NET Framework WinForms name) of the control;
otherwise, since the control supports theItemContainerPatter, maybee you can select the item with ItemContainerPattern.FindItem and select it from there

Thanks for the help can you give an example ? 

on older versions I used ControlCommand with selectstring, However its not supported in new .net apps

 

 

[FrancescoDiMuro]

@dranzer006
You should be able to see the ComboBox handle, and from there, we can operate in different ways:

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#AutoIt3Wrapper_Au3Check_Parameters=-d -w 1 -w 2 -w 3 -w 4 -w 5 -w 6 -w 7

;#AutoIt3Wrapper_UseX64=n ; If target application is running as 32 bit code
;#AutoIt3Wrapper_UseX64=y ; If target application is running as 64 bit code

#include "UIA_Constants.au3" ; Can be copied from UIASpy Includes folder
;#include "UIA_Functions.au3" ; Can be copied from UIASpy Includes folder
;#include "UIA_SafeArray.au3" ; Can be copied from UIASpy Includes folder
;#include "UIA_Variant.au3" ; Can be copied from UIASpy Includes folder

Opt( "MustDeclareVars", 1 )

Example()

Func Example()
    ; Create UI Automation object
    Local $oUIAutomation = ObjCreateInterface( $sCLSID_CUIAutomation, $sIID_IUIAutomation, $dtag_IUIAutomation )
    If Not IsObj( $oUIAutomation ) Then Return ConsoleWrite( "$oUIAutomation ERR" & @CRLF )
    ConsoleWrite( "$oUIAutomation OK" & @CRLF )

    ; Get Desktop element
    Local $pDesktop, $oDesktop
    $oUIAutomation.GetRootElement( $pDesktop )
    $oDesktop = ObjCreateInterface( $pDesktop, $sIID_IUIAutomationElement, $dtag_IUIAutomationElement )
    If Not IsObj( $oDesktop ) Then Return ConsoleWrite( "$oDesktop ERR" & @CRLF )
    ConsoleWrite( "$oDesktop OK" & @CRLF )
    
    #AutoIt3Wrapper_Au3Check_Parameters=-d -w 1 -w 2 -w 3 -w 4 -w 5 -w 6 -w 7

;#AutoIt3Wrapper_UseX64=n ; If target application is running as 32 bit code
;#AutoIt3Wrapper_UseX64=y ; If target application is running as 64 bit code

#include "UIA_Constants.au3" ; Can be copied from UIASpy Includes folder
;#include "UIA_Functions.au3" ; Can be copied from UIASpy Includes folder
;#include "UIA_SafeArray.au3" ; Can be copied from UIASpy Includes folder
;#include "UIA_Variant.au3" ; Can be copied from UIASpy Includes folder

Opt( "MustDeclareVars", 1 )

Example()

Func Example()
    ; Create UI Automation object
    Local $oUIAutomation = ObjCreateInterface( $sCLSID_CUIAutomation, $sIID_IUIAutomation, $dtag_IUIAutomation )
    If Not IsObj( $oUIAutomation ) Then Return ConsoleWrite( "$oUIAutomation ERR" & @CRLF )
    ConsoleWrite( "$oUIAutomation OK" & @CRLF )

    ; Get Desktop element
    Local $pDesktop, $oDesktop
    $oUIAutomation.GetRootElement( $pDesktop )
    $oDesktop = ObjCreateInterface( $pDesktop, $sIID_IUIAutomationElement, $dtag_IUIAutomationElement )
    If Not IsObj( $oDesktop ) Then Return ConsoleWrite( "$oDesktop ERR" & @CRLF )
    ConsoleWrite( "$oDesktop OK" & @CRLF )

    ; --- Find window/control ---

    ConsoleWrite( "--- Find window/control ---" & @CRLF )

    Local $pCondition0
    $oUIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition( $UIA_ProcessIdPropertyId, 924, $pCondition0 )
    If Not $pCondition0 Then Return ConsoleWrite( "$pCondition0 ERR" & @CRLF )
    ConsoleWrite( "$pCondition0 OK" & @CRLF )

    Local $pListItem1, $oListItem1
    $oParent.FindFirst( $TreeScope_Descendants, $pCondition0, $pListItem1 )
    $oListItem1 = ObjCreateInterface( $pListItem1, $sIID_IUIAutomationElement, $dtag_IUIAutomationElement )
    If Not IsObj( $oListItem1 ) Then Return ConsoleWrite( "$oListItem1 ERR" & @CRLF )
    ConsoleWrite( "$oListItem1 OK" & @CRLF )

    ; --- Condition to find window/control ---

    ConsoleWrite( "--- Condition to find window/control ---" & @CRLF )

    Local $pCondition1
    $oUIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition( $UIA_NamePropertyId, "NAME OF THE WINDOW HERE", $pCondition1 ) ; NAME OF THE WINDOW HERE
    If Not $pCondition1 Then Return ConsoleWrite( "$pCondition1 ERR" & @CRLF )
    ConsoleWrite( "$pCondition1 OK" & @CRLF )

    ; --- Find window/control ---

    ConsoleWrite( "--- Find window/control ---" & @CRLF )

    Local $pWindow1, $oWindow1
    $oDesktop.FindFirst( $TreeScope_Children, $pCondition1, $pWindow1 )
    $oWindow1 = ObjCreateInterface( $pWindow1, $sIID_IUIAutomationElement, $dtag_IUIAutomationElement )
    If Not IsObj( $oWindow1 ) Then Return ConsoleWrite( "$oWindow1 ERR" & @CRLF )
    ConsoleWrite( "$oWindow1 OK" & @CRLF )
    
    ; Navigate until you reach the ComboBox with the same code after ConsoleWrite( "--- Find window/control ---" & @CRLF ),
    ; adapting the code for the various Controls
    
    ; ComboBox automation
    ; $oParent is the "UcNewBuySell" custom control
    
    Local $oParent, $pConditionN, $pComboBox, $oComboBox, $sAutomationID, $hComboBox
    $oParent.FindFirst( $TreeScope_Children, $pConditionN, $pComboBox )
    $oComboBox = ObjCreateInterface( $pComboBox, $sIID_IUIAutomationElement, $dtag_IUIAutomationElement )
    If Not IsObj( $oComboBox ) Then Return ConsoleWrite( "$oComboBox ERR" & @CRLF )
    ConsoleWrite( "$oComboBox OK" & @CRLF )
        
    $oComboBox.GetCurrentPropertyValue($UIA_AutomationIdPropertyId, $sAutomationID)
    $hComboBox = ControlGetHandle("Title of the Window", "", "[ID:" & $sAutomationID & "]")
    If IsHWnd($hComboBox) Then ConsoleWrite("Handle of the ComboBox = " & $hComboBox & @CRLF)
        
EndFunc

 

P.S.: you need to adapt the code to find the missing controls

[LarsJ]

Note that the SelectionItemPattern is supported by the ComboBox control. The SelectionItemPattern is the correct way to handle selections. It's demonstrated in Example 11 of this post.

As the ComboBox supports the SelectionItemPattern, there is a good chance that the list items are also supported. Then check the properties of the listitems.