GetCheckBox always returns 0 (unchecked)

[kerwin]

I'm trying to get the status of a checkbox in a tuning wizard, but the command is returning 0 as if the checkbox is unchecked regardless of it's actual state.

I have already checked for leading and trailing spaces. I've tried right-clicking the control and selecting "copy object caption". I even added a SetCheckBox True command just before that line, and it had no effect.

Here is a copy of the windows control text:

4261386 - WindowsForms10.BUTTON.app.0.378734a "Click here if you are using headphones"

And here is a copy of the line of code I have written:

GetCheckBox>Audio and Video Setup,Click here if you are using headphones,status

Any idea what the problem could be?

[pgriffin]

hmm....has "Button" in the object name...have you tried to GetControlText or any other command to see what you can detect? As always, you might write a couple of lines of Image Recognition to detect the state...just compare bitmaps of a stored pic of the control both checked and unchecked...

[Marcus Tettmar]

That is a WindowsForms (.NET) control and searching the various Microsoft .NET discussion forums it would seem there is a known problem with these checkbox controls that prevents them responding to the BM_GETCHECK and BM_SETCHECK messages. In other words, this appears to be a Microsoft bug.

Hopefully it will be fixed in later releases of .NET. But I will try to find out more.