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[scamper_22]

Hi all,

I have this external application that I am trying to insert some text into an edit box.

So I am using 'ControlSetText'.
I am trying to find the ClassNN (the classname and instance number of the control).

Now, I did manage to get it to work just by trying out Edit0, Edit1, Edit2.... Edit9... trial and error

Eventually I got the edit box I wanted
ControlSetText, Edit9, Some new text, Window Title

But there must be someway to find out that it is Edit9 without trial and error.

I tried both spy++ that came with vs6 as well as a program called winspector. I looked through all the listed properties and while I could find the class name was 'Edit' Nowhere was this 9 to be found.



Winspector gave this info:
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Class Name Edit
Text Some Indentifying text
Rectangle 882, 714, 1155, 734
Size 273, 20
Client Rectangle 0, 0, 269, 16
Client Size 269, 16
Styles
WS_CHILD
WS_VISIBLE
WS_TABSTOP
ES_LEFT
ES_AUTOHSCROLL
StylesEx
WS_EX_NOPARENTNOTIFY
WS_EX_CLIENTEDGE
WS_EX_LEFT
WS_EX_LTRREADING
WS_EX_RIGHTSCROLLBAR
ID
1008
Properties
Atom: #43288 0xFFFFFFFF (-1)
Class specific
Window is Ansi

Owner EXE
C:\Program Files\XXYYZZ
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Under Spy++, the following identifiers are there:
General: Instance Handle: 00400000
Control ID: 3F0 (same as above 1008 decimal)
Class: Instance Handle: 0
Class Atom: C018

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basically, no where do i see a '9'.

Any ideas here?

[TLM]

What did AU3_Spy (that comes with autohotkey) give you?
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[Leef_me]

for comparison AU3_Spy reports this for a new Notepad app & file

[scamper_22]

argh... wouldn't u know it.., AU3_Spy gives me Edit9.

thanks guys. We only copy the autohotkey exec, so I forgot about the au4_spy program. Thanks for the remineder.

[TLM]

You can also type some text into the edit box and run this: