script to count number of items in a folder view not working

[Gio710]

Hi,

I'm trying to get the number of items in a folder : FolderPath

without a count loop. I poked around with this :

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numberitem := ComObjCreate("Shell.Application").NameSpace(FolderPath).Items.Count

it sents me a number but it's not the one I?m looking for. ANy idea How I could do that ?

[mikeyww]

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#IfWinExist ahk_class CabinetWClass
F3::MsgBox, 64, Number of items, % nItems()
#IfWinExist

nItems(hwnd := 0) { ; Adapted from https://www.autohotkey.com/boards/viewtopic.php?p=387113#p387113
 If hWnd
  explorerHwnd := WinExist("ahk_class CabinetWClass ahk_id " hwnd)
 Else (!explorerHwnd := WinActive("ahk_class CabinetWClass"))
     && explorerHwnd := WinExist( "ahk_class CabinetWClass")
 If explorerHwnd
  For window in ComObjCreate("Shell.Application").Windows
   Try If (window && window.hwnd && window.hwnd = explorerHwnd)
    Return window.Document.Folder.Items.Count
 Return False
}

This did work here:

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MsgBox, % ComObjCreate("Shell.Application").NameSpace(A_Desktop).Items.Count

it's not the one I?m looking for

Since no one knows your folder or even what number you want, the answer to your question is undefined.

[mikeyww]

My simple suggestions about posting on the forum are below.

1. Provide a script that the user can run to demonstrate the problem.

2. State what actually happens when you run the script.

3. State what should happen instead, in detail.

4. Include an example.

[Gio710]

thank you very much, I'll try to be more specific next time I post