Difficulty in getting window text of control panel in xp64

jiby · Post by **jiby** » Wed Jul 07, 2010 4:47 pm

hi,

I am using XP64. My code is

Run>control
WaitWindowOpen>Control Panel
SetFocus>Control Panel
Wait>2
GetWindowTextEx>Control Panel,str
Message>str

The output of str is NOTHING.
I replaced 'GetWindowTextEx' with 'GetWindowText'. Then the output is 'Internet Explorer'

I could see the same when extracting text in 'Add or Remove Programs' using 'appwiz.cpl'

Please suggest a way to get the window displayed on the 'Control Panel'

Thanks
jiby

JRL · Post by **JRL** » Wed Jul 07, 2010 8:14 pm

Copying from your post I got a space at the end of the line:

Message>str

If there is a space in your actual code you'll never see anything but "str". You could alleviate any possibility that is the case by placing percents around "str"

Message>%str%

If you are getting a completely blank message, that would indicate the variable is getting set to nothing.

I'm running win XP 32 and have no 64 to test with but I would comment that your script works fine for me. However, there does seem to be a lot of blank space at the top of the message... is it possible that if you scroll down there will be text that is not visible on your first opening the message window?

adroege · Post by **adroege** » Wed Jul 07, 2010 8:40 pm

Is this the same issue?

http://www.mjtnet.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6274

At the end of the previous post, it was mentioned by mtettmar to use a loop to retrieve the text

jiby · Post by **jiby** » Thu Jul 08, 2010 7:01 am

Hi,

> The space after 'str' is typo error. I am not getting str either. Its complete blank.

> http://www.mjtnet.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6274
In the above post, I was referring to partial text in the window.

> In xp32, I could get the text. But I am getting nothing in xp64.

Please provide any alternative.

Thanks
jiby

Post by **Marcus Tettmar** » Thu Jul 08, 2010 8:54 am

Hi,

The following commands currently cannot retrieve text from 64 bit processes:

GetTextInRect
GetTextAtPoint
GetWindowTextEx

These use the provided text capture library which works by "hooking" into other processes in order to monitor their "Text Out" calls. I have been told that a 64 bit solution is in the works.

These functions DO work with 64 bit processes:

GetWindowText
GetControlText

jiby · Post by **jiby** » Fri Jul 09, 2010 10:59 am

Hi mtettmar,

Thanks for confirming this.

I am trying with GetControlText. The objects of 'control panel' viewed in 'View System Windows' when I used with GetControlText, resulted in '##NOSUCHOBJECT##'. Please tell, if there is anyway.

Thanks
jiby