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Retrieve the name of a control by coordinates

 
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Andi



Joined: 11 Feb 2005
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Location: Germany
PostPosted: Fri May 15, 2009 10:02 am    Post subject: Retrieve the name of a control by coordinates Reply with quote
Hi,

is there a way to retrieve the name of control directly?
... or must I first to move the mouse and in step 2 using the mouseGetPos command?

I've got the x,y screen coordinates of the control:

Code:

MouseMove, x, y
MouseGetPos, , , id, control
msgbox, Name of control %control%


Thanks in advance
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DControl
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PostPosted: Fri May 15, 2009 2:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
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is there a way to retrieve the name of control directly?
OK, once you gotm what dya wanna do withm?
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almin
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PostPosted: Fri May 15, 2009 4:11 pm    Post subject: Re: Retrieve the name of a control by coordinates Reply with quote
Andi wrote:
is there a way to retrieve the name of control directly

Yes, it can be done without using the mouse position.
The steps you need are:
1. convert your screen coords to window relative coords
2. Get a list of all controls for your window (WinGet, outVar, ControlList)
3. for each control in list, get its x,y,w,h (Loop, parse and ConrolGetPos)
4. if the window relative coords are in bounds of control's x,y,w,h
you now have the classNN of the control
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Andi



Joined: 11 Feb 2005
Posts: 173
Location: Germany
PostPosted: Sun May 17, 2009 6:03 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
@DControl:
I want to read the subject field of an e-mail program (Lotus Notes)
Unfortunaly, the name of the control changes it's name from one msg to another.

@almin:
Thank you, this seems to be a good workaround Very Happy
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