ControlClick on 3rd party form control not working

[mpreis]

Hi Community,

I have written many small scripts so far which are all used to control a 3rd party software - I would say that I am an average experienced user.

Now I have got the situation that I am not able to start a job (i.e. click on a button of a form) in any way.

Usually it should work using the lines below - but as described it doesn't.

WinWait("Spezielle Installation", "")
Sleep(1000)
ControlFocus("Spezielle Installation", "", "[CLASS:Button; INSTANCE:2]")
ControlClick("Spezielle Installation", "", "[CLASS:Button; INSTANCE:2]")

The form itself is rather simple:

 

Window Info lists the following things:

 

All I want to do is to click the button with the text "Erstellen".

I also tried to move the mouse to the button and send a click:

AutoItSetOption("MouseCoordMode", 1)

MouseMove(Number($X), Number($Y), 20)

WinActivate("Spezielle Installation", "")

MouseClick("left")

 

I noticed that even moving the mouse does not work when i activate the window before moving the mouse ... it seems as if there is a kind of protection.

Does anyone have any advise on that?

 

[ioa747]

That's how I would try it

Local $hWnd =  WinWait("[CLASS:#32770; TITLE:Spezielle Installation]", "", 10)

If WinExists($hWnd) Then
    WinActivate($hWnd)
    ConsoleWrite("$hWnd=" & $hWnd & @CRLF)
    Local $hCtrl = ControlGetHandle ($hWnd, "", "Button2")
    ConsoleWrite("$hCtrl=" & $hCtrl & @CRLF)
    
    Local $iMsg = ControlClick ($hWnd, "", $hCtrl)
    ConsoleWrite("$iMsg=" & $iMsg & @CRLF)
Else
    ConsoleWrite("! $hWnd NOT Exist" & @CRLF)
EndIf

so that through ConsoleWrite I can understand where it is failing

Edited July 2, 2024 by ioa747

[mpreis]

 

2 hours ago, ioa747 said:

That's how I would try it

Local $hWnd =  WinWait("[CLASS:#32770; TITLE:Spezielle Installation]", "", 10)

If WinExists($hWnd) Then
    WinActivate($hWnd)
    ConsoleWrite("$hWnd=" & $hWnd & @CRLF)
    Local $hCtrl = ControlGetHandle ($hWnd, "", "Button2")
    ConsoleWrite("$hCtrl=" & $hCtrl & @CRLF)
    
    Local $iMsg = ControlClick ($hWnd, "", $hCtrl)
    ConsoleWrite("$iMsg=" & $iMsg & @CRLF)
Else
    ConsoleWrite("! $hWnd NOT Exist" & @CRLF)
EndIf

so that through ConsoleWrite I can understand where it is failing

this is the outcome:

$hWnd=0x000D0702
$hCtrl=0x0007072A
$iMsg=1

[ioa747]

here it shows that all is well

Try with https://www.autoitscript.com/forum/files/file/478-control-viewer-mod
maybe the ctrl overlaps with another one

or with #RequireAdmin * <-- (most of the times)

 

Edited July 3, 2024 by ioa747

[mpreis]

I see - but the app process does not start ...

it's just working when you physically click the button with the mouse.