WinMenuSelectItem

[DIMM_V2]

Hi , this code is working only if i Click by myself on button "help" , why is that ? i have some mistakes here  ?  testing on 32 bits version of Everything

 

Run("Everything.exe")
; Wait for the "Everything" window to become active
Sleep(500)
; Get the handle of the "Everything" window
$hWindow = WinGetHandle("Everything")
; Use the control class for the menu, not the main window class
$hControl = ControlGetHandle($hWindow, "", "[CLASS:EVERYTHING]")
Sleep(500)
ControlFocus($hWindow, $hControl ,"[CLASS:EVERYTHING]")
WinMenuSelectItem($hWindow, "", "&Help", "&About Everything...")

 

Edited December 10, 2023 by DIMM_V2

[Danp2]

Did you see this note in the help file entry for WinMenuSelectItem?

Quote

WinMenuSelectItem() will only work on standard menus. Unfortunately, many menus in use today are actually custom written or toolbars "pretending" to be menus. This is true for most Microsoft applications.

 

[bdr529]

Run("Everything.exe")
WinWait("Everything")
winactivate("Everything")
Send("{ALT}h")

 

[DIMM_V2]

On 12/10/2023 at 3:05 PM, Danp2 said:

Did you see this note in the help file entry for WinMenuSelectItem?

 

yes , i saw it , and it strange because  as i said before , it works anyway , but first click must be on "help" , so that means that works , maybe i need to do some "focus" before .

[DIMM_V2]

On 12/10/2023 at 4:10 PM, bdr529 said:

Run("Everything.exe")
WinWait("Everything")
winactivate("Everything")
Send("{ALT}h")

WinWaitActive("Everything", "", "")
$hWindow = WinGetHandle("Everything")
ControlSend($hWindow, "", "", "!h")
ControlSend($hWindow, "", "", "a")

WinMenuSelectItem - i want to use this , to be shure that it really working 

your code ; and mine this is working , but it's too easy.

Edited December 11, 2023 by DIMM_V2

[DIMM_V2]

this is a home build but it's working each time.  ✔️

Run("Everything.exe")
Sleep(500)
; Get the handle of the "Everything" window
$hWindow = WinGetHandle("Everything")
; Use the control class for the menu, not the main window class
$hControl = ControlGetHandle($hWindow, "", "[CLASS:EVERYTHING]")
;~ activate some kind of focus for Everything
ControlSend($hWindow, "", "", "!h")
ControlSend($hWindow, "", "", "{ESC}")
;~ activate some kind of focus for Everything
Sleep(500)
WinMenuSelectItem($hWindow, "", "&Help", "&About Everything...")

 

Edited December 11, 2023 by DIMM_V2