Vbscript to click a button of any application.
Want to automate few process and when i install some application at the end it ask to click on finish button and then it asks for restart, i want to automate this process, so how can click that button using vbscript and run shutdown -r -t 0 using script..
Please Help!!
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mattski
10 years ago
Use this code (TEST is the name of the app):
Set oShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
If oShell.AppActivate("TEST") Then
oShell.SendKeys "%{F4}"
oShell.Run "C:\WINDOWS\system32\shutdown.exe -r -t 0"
End If
Comments:
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Interesting suggestion mattski - but F4 could be viewed as a forceful exit to the application, and may not return a valid INSTALL_RESULT (if that's being tracked). Perhaps something like AutoIT would be the solution here? - drose23 10 years ago
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Yes AutoIT can be an option too...I see what you mean in the force key issue...what I would do is find out what is the last button being displayed in the app and then get SendKeys to trigger it. To help out here is a list of keys that can be triggered using my script (thanks to http://ss64.com/vb/sendkeys.html):
Key SendKey Equivalent Description
~ {~} send a tilde (~)
! {!} send an exclamation point (!)
^ {^} send a caret (^)
+ {+} send a plus sign (+)
Alt {ALT} send an Alt keystroke
Backspace {BACKSPACE} send a Backspace keystroke
Clear {CLEAR} Clear the field
Delete {DELETE} send a Delete keystroke
Down Arrow {DOWN} send a Down Arrow keystroke
End {END} send an End keystroke
Enter {ENTER} send an Enter keystroke
Escape {ESCAPE} send an Esc keystroke
F1 through F16 {F1} through {F16} send the appropriate Function key
Page Down {PGDN} send a Page Down keystroke
Space {SPACE} send a Spacebar keystroke
Tab {TAB} send a Tab keystroke - mattski 10 years ago-
Great stuff - if you can determine the tab order to arrive at the "Finish" button, I'd say sending the Enter would suffice - drose23 10 years ago
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Thanks for ur help!! this is very new to me and will implement and get back to you..Thanks Again!! Cheers!! - appfreak 10 years ago
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mattski can u please suggest me how can i trigger (wait) that click button script untill that last finish button screen appears. suppose any setup.exe process is running but when but that last screen appears at that time also that setup.exe is running so unable to detect when to trigger it - appfreak 10 years ago
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Add the following two lines below the first line of code I made previously:
oShell.Run "name of your installer", 9
WScript.Sleep 500
Explanation:
first run your application using the 9 switch for Maximising and Activating the app.
then sleep for amount of seconds - just tweak the number to suit.
Coincidentally, what kind of application are you running? Any chance you can make the app run unattended using the silent switches etc? this would save you the above vbscript to run. - mattski 10 years ago
