Fetching specific text from a dialog box using autoit - autoit

Question

I want to get text from a dialog box. I am getting the title from the dialog box using winGetTitle() function.
My code in autoit is as follows:
$pId = Run("C:/foldername/Dialogbox.exe")
Local $hWnd = WinWait("[CLASS:#32770]", "", 10)
Local $sTitle = WinGetTitle("[ACTIVE]")
; Display the window title.
ConsoleWrite($sTitle & #CRLF)
; changing control from the class containg title to the class containing the text.
Local $hSysTray_Handle = ControlGetHandle('[Class:#32770]', '', '[Class:SysListView32;Instance:1]')
Local $sText = WinGetText("[ACTIVE]")
Local $sTextnew = ControlGetText($hSysTray_Handle, "", $sText)
ConsoleWrite($sTextnew & #CRLF)
This returns only the title and not the text in the dialog box. #32770 is the main class of dialog box and title, text are in the different classes in basic control info in autoit.
I am new to autoit and don't know how to fetch the text from dialog box. Or should I use sikuli for this?

Answer 1

; Start Mp3tag if not running.
If Not ProcessExists('Mp3tag.exe') Then
Run('"C:\Program Files (x86)\Mp3tag\Mp3tag.exe"')
If #error Then Exit 1
EndIf
; Scans working directory for Mp3 files.
WinWaitClose('Reading directory', '', 5)
; Main window.
$hWnd = WinWait('Mp3tag')
; Get item count of 1st column from the listview.
For $i1 = 1 To 5
$iCount = ControlListView($hWnd, '', 'SysListView321', 'GetItemCount')
If $iCount Then
ConsoleWrite('Found ' & $iCount & ' items.' & #CRLF)
ExitLoop
EndIf
Sleep(1000)
Next
If Not $iCount Then
MsgBox(0x40000, #ScriptName, 'Count is 0')
Exit 1
EndIf
; Get text of each listview item in the 1st column.
For $i1 = 0 To $iCount -1
$sText = ControlListView($hWnd, '', 'SysListView321', 'GetText', $i1)
ConsoleWrite(StringFormat('%3d Text: %s', $i1, $sText) & #CRLF)
Next
I do not have "C:/foldername/Dialogbox.exe" to test with.
I do have Mp3tag which has a SysListView32 control.
ControlListView() can get text etc. from a ListView control.
The parameter GetItemCount will get the count of list items
and GetText will get text from each list item.
This is test output:
Found 15 items.
0 Text: 01 - Lively Up Yourself.mp3
1 Text: 02 - Soul Rebel.mp3
2 Text: 03 - Treat Yourself Right.mp3
3 Text: 04 - Rebels Hop.mp3
4 Text: 05 - Soul Almighty.mp3
5 Text: 06 - Kaya.mp3
6 Text: 07 - Trenchtown Rock.mp3
7 Text: 08 - Soul Shakedown Party.mp3
8 Text: 09 - Natural Mystic.mp3
9 Text: 10 - Fussing And Fighting.mp3
10 Text: 11 - African Herbsman.mp3
11 Text: 12 - Keep On Moving.mp3
12 Text: 13 - Go Tell It On The Mountain.mp3
13 Text: 14 - How Many Times.mp3
14 Text: 15 - Bonus Track.mp3
The list item number is on the left
and the list item text is on the right,
following Text:.
At a guess, the code to test your Dialogbox.exe with:
Run("C:\foldername\Dialogbox.exe")
$hWnd = WinWait("[CLASS:#32770]", "", 10)
; Allow time for SysListView321 to fully load.
Sleep(1000)
; Get the window title.
$sTitle = WinGetTitle("[ACTIVE]")
ConsoleWrite($sTitle & #CRLF)
; Changing control from the class containing title to the class containing the text.
$hLView = ControlGetHandle($hWnd, '', 'SysListView321')
; Get item count of 1st column from the listview.
$iCount = ControlListView($hWnd, '', $hLView, 'GetItemCount')
; Get text of each listview item in the 1st column.
For $i1 = 0 To $iCount -1
$sText = ControlListView($hWnd, '', $hLView, 'GetText', $i1)
ConsoleWrite(StringFormat('%3d Text: %s', $i1, $sText) & #CRLF)
Next
It could use some improvement even if it works.