Cannot Get ControlClick to Click Button

[JCWohlschlag]

Hello, everyone. I am pretty new to AutoItScript, having only used it a few times in the last decade. I am trying to automate the install of Draytek Smart VPN Client software (due to it not having any unattented/automated installation controls of its own). I cannot figure out why my script is not able to click the “Next” button in this installation window.

 

SetError(100)
WinWait("Smart VPN Client 5.5.1 Setup", "Welcome to Smart VPN Client 5.5.1 Setup")
MsgBox(4096, "AutoIt Status", "Draytek window: " & @error, 10)

SetError(100)
ControlClick("Smart VPN Client 5.5.1 Setup", "&Next >", '[CLASS:Button; INSTANCE:2)')
MsgBox(4096, "AutoIt Status", "Next button: " & @error, 10)

 

Both the  WinWait and ControlClick functions are resetting @error back to 0, so they are not setting their own error codes of any sort. The Draytek Smart VPN Client installation window just sits there, however, without advancing to the next dialog.

[Luke94]

Local $hWnd = WinWait('Smart VPN Client 5.5.1 Setup', '', 5)
If IsHWnd($hWnd) = 1 Then
    If WinActive($hWnd) = 0 Then WinActivate($hWnd)
    ControlClick($hWnd, '', '[CLASS:Button; INSTANCE:2]')
EndIf

Does this work?

[ad777]

the problem was --> ) 

replace it with --> ]

ControlClick("Smart VPN Client 5.5.1 Setup", "&Next >", '[CLASS:Button; INSTANCE:2]')

 

if didn't work use class insted:

ControlClick("[CLASS:#32770]", "&Next >", '[CLASS:Button; INSTANCE:2]')

Edited January 12, 2022 by ad777

[JCWohlschlag]

22 minutes ago, Luke94 said:

Local $hWnd = WinWait('Smart VPN Client 5.5.1 Setup', '', 5)
If IsHWnd($hWnd) = 1 Then
    If WinActive($hWnd) = 0 Then WinActivate($hWnd)
    ControlClick($hWnd, '', '[CLASS:Button; INSTANCE:2]')
EndIf

Does this work?

It brings the Draytek install window to the front, but does not click the button and advance the dialog.

 

23 minutes ago, ad777 said:

the problem was --> ) 

replace it with --> ]

ControlClick("Smart VPN Client 5.5.1 Setup", "&Next >", '[CLASS:Button; INSTANCE:2]')

 

if didn't work use class insted:

ControlClick("[CLASS:#32770]", "&Next >", '[CLASS:Button; INSTANCE:2]')

Thank you for catching my typo. Neither fixing that typo nor your other suggestion of using the explicit [CLASS:#32770] argument worked. Installation window sits on that first dialog and the button does not click.

[ad777]

you forget to add WinActivate("[CLASS:#32770]") in first line the window shoud be active:

your code shoud be:

WinActivate("[CLASS:#32770]")
Sleep(1000)
SetError(100)
WinWait("Smart VPN Client 5.5.1 Setup", "Welcome to Smart VPN Client 5.5.1 Setup")
MsgBox(4096, "AutoIt Status", "Draytek window: " & @error, 10)

SetError(100)
ControlClick("[CLASS:#32770]", "&Next >", '[CLASS:Button; INSTANCE:2]')
MsgBox(4096, "AutoIt Status", "Next button: " & @error, 10)

 

[ad777]

 try this  if didn't work:

For  $i =0 To 1 Step 1
 ControlCommand("[CLASS:#32770]", "", "Button2", "check", "")
Next

 

[Danp2]

Could be an rights issue. Have you tried adding #RequireAdmin at the beginning of your script?