Postion the cursor over a particular tab

SWhitsell · Post by **SWhitsell** » Fri Dec 19, 2003 8:57 pm

I need to position the cursor over a particular tab and then preform a Click. I have tried MouseOver,Display Properties,Settings. That does not seem to work. Any suggestion will be greatly appreciated.

Bob Hansen · Post by **Bob Hansen** » Fri Dec 19, 2003 11:48 pm

Please provide some sample code and show where and how it fails.

SWhitsell · Post by **SWhitsell** » Mon Dec 22, 2003 10:19 pm

// C:\Program Files\MJT Net Ltd\Macro Scheduler\3272 Add Video Drivers.scp
// Recorded on Friday, November 7, 2003, at 02:30 PM

Let>WW_TIMEOUT=10
//Recorded Events
//Start the Display Properities window
Run Program>rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL desk.cpl
WaitWindowOpen>Display Properties
WaitReady>0.5
SetFocus>Display Properties
MoveMouseRel>0,0
MouseOver,Display Properties,Settings
//Cursor never moves over Setting Tab

Bob Hansen · Post by **Bob Hansen** » Mon Dec 22, 2003 10:46 pm

I saw three syntax errors in the sample code, made changes here:

// C:\Program Files\MJT Net Ltd\Macro Scheduler\3272 Add Video Drivers.scp
// Recorded on Friday, November 7, 2003, at 02:30 PM

Let>WW_TIMEOUT=10
//Recorded Events
//Start the Display Properities window
Run Program>rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL desk.cpl
WaitWindowOpen>Display Properties
WaitReady>1
SetFocus>Display Properties
MouseMoveRel>0,0
MouseOver>Display Properties,Settings
//Cursor never moves over Setting Tab

See if it works after making the three changes noted above:
1. WaitReady> only accepts 0 or 1 for a value.
2. Wrong command for MouseMoveRel>
3. Missing ">", extra comma on MouseOver> command.
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Note: I went back and tried it myself.

After those changes are made, it still does not move over the Setings Tab. It does move to the OK and CANCEL buttons. Using Macro Scheduler Windows Tools, the tabs at the top are not listed as buttions on the Display Properties object. So you may have to use MouseMoveRel to get to the Settings tab, then do a Lclick command.

support · Post by **support** » Tue Dec 23, 2003 10:07 am

Hi,

The key to Windows automation is to know how to use Windows and keep things simple. You know that you can use CTRL-TAB to move between tabs? And SHIFT-CTRL-TAB will move BACK a tab. So, all you need to do is:

Run Program>rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL desk.cpl
WaitWindowOpen>Display Properties
Press Shift
Press CTRL
Press Tab
Release CTRL
Release Shift

And this will open the Settings Tab.

Try not to overcomplicate things.