MiniRobotLanguage (MRL)
"e"-Flag "enabled"
Search Child Window
Intention
The picture shows an enabled button (Install) and a disabled button (Next).
To ignore disabled child-windows (button, controls etc.) is the default behavior of the SCW. command. Therefore you will not need to specify the "e"-Flag often.
It can however make sense, to override the default behavior by using the "f"-flag which will make SCW. to ignore enabled child-windows and just look for disabled child-windows. This could be an button that is disabled, for example.
If you want to catch both, enabled and disabled child-windows, the "a"-flag is what you need. However the "a"->Flag will automatically also enable the search for invisible child-windows.
If you do not want that, just add a prototype "v" after the "a". As the prototype on the right has a higher priority, you get exactly what you want this way.
In the same way, you can use the "e" - flag together with the "a" to search only child-windows that are enabled. No matter if they are visible or not.
For example. This will search only for enabled child-windows.
STW.c|WindowClass
SCW.ect|button|ok
MMV.
Since this is a default behavior of SCW., we have wasted the "e" at this place. Its not needed. Now we would like to search for child-windows which are enabled, as well for disabled windows. We can do that in two ways.The first way is like this:
STW.c|WindowClass
SCW.efct|button|ok
MMV.
If we give all two prototypes, the robot understands that we want enabled and disabled child-windows. But there is another way to do it. We can do this:
STW.c|WindowClass
SCW.aect|button|ok
MMV.
The "a" Flag says "search all child-windows", enabled, disabled, visible and invisible. Now we just need to tell the robot that we do not want to get the disabled child-windows. We do this by adding the "e"-Flag after the "a". In this case the "e"-Flag will override the "a"-Flag. And tell the robot "we just want enabled child-windows.".
Short Examples:
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Example
'**********************************************
' SCW-Sample
'**********************************************
' Start TestApp only, if it's is not yet running.
'
STW.wtUXg|0|TestApp|found
EXE.?exepfad\Sample Apps\TestApp_01.exe
:found
STW.t|testapp
SCW.to|button 1|ero
SWS.i
GCT.
SCW.tuo|button 1|ero
SWS.vd
GCT.
SCW.tfo|button 1|ero
SWS.id
GCT.
SCW.tufo|button 1|ero
SWS.
ENR.
:ero
MBX.Window not found!
ENR.
Remarks
You can enable buttons if they are disabled. You do this, using the SWS.e -command. This way you can click buttons, you would normally not be able to click.
Limitations:
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See also: