MsoCommandBar / Word / Control help

[Sly01]

So I'm trying to get rid of that stupid Navigation bar on the side of word... It's not something needed but as I am getting better with AutoIT I would love to understand how I could do it.

There is no ID in the Control.... And the number at the end of the class may change if it comes back later on... 

Would I have a way to run through each of them until I find the Navigation one and then click on the X?

 

[water]

If you use the Word UDF that comes with AutoIt then this should work (untested):

#include <Word.au3>
$oWord = _Word_Create()
$oWord.ActiveDocument.ActiveWindow.DocumentMap = False

 

[Sly01]

49 minutes ago, water said:

If you use the Word UDF that comes with AutoIt then this should work (untested):

#include <Word.au3>
$oWord = _Word_Create()
$oWord.ActiveDocument.ActiveWindow.DocumentMap = False

 

Unfortunately, it's not the script that opens that window... There is a constant process. that processes documents and open Word to render them in TIF files.

So I don't think that would work  That's why I really need a way to close that window pane...

[Andreik]

17 minutes ago, Sly01 said:

Unfortunately, it's not the script that opens that window

Even so you might use _Word_DocAttach().

[rsn]

The check box to control the Navigation Pane is under View -> Show. I suspect UIA should be able to find and flip that checkbox.

You can also control it via the registry though you'll have to restart Word to see the changes.

HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Word\Data\Toolbars

REG_BINARY has a lot data there. The location to flip it on or off is 000000AF. Setting it to 00 is off and 02 is on.

Coding those is outside of my time constraints at the moment but hopefully that'll get you started.

 

Edited July 10 by rsn

[ioa747]

#include <WindowsConstants.au3>
#include <SendMessage.au3>

$hWndWord = WinGetHandle("[CLASS:OpusApp]")
ConsoleWrite("$hWndWord=" & $hWndWord & @CRLF)

$hNavigation = ControlGetHandle($hWndWord, "", "[CLASS:MsoCommandBar; TEXT:Navigation]")
ConsoleWrite("$hNavigation=" & $hNavigation & @CRLF)

_SendMessage($hNavigation, $WM_CLOSE)

 

[Sly01]

12 hours ago, ioa747 said:

#include <WindowsConstants.au3>
#include <SendMessage.au3>

$hWndWord = WinGetHandle("[CLASS:OpusApp]")
ConsoleWrite("$hWndWord=" & $hWndWord & @CRLF)

$hNavigation = ControlGetHandle($hWndWord, "", "[CLASS:MsoCommandBar; TEXT:Navigation]")
ConsoleWrite("$hNavigation=" & $hNavigation & @CRLF)

_SendMessage($hNavigation, $WM_CLOSE)

 

Genius!!!