Hello everyone!



I'm a beginner regarding PowerShell but I'd like to ask all of you about a PSSnapIn I found on Internet. I've been checking and testing the Cmdlets for UI Automation (here the link: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/mag...301.aspx). There is an application in that page which the cmdlets can be tested, but I wanted to test the cmdlets with other program (WiimoteConnect). When I tried to read a read-only textbox that is found on the bottom of the WiimoteConnect window with a cmdlet called get-textBox, the only thing I could get was the control name ("StatusStrip1") and not its content as a String. I was wondering if I'm making something wrong, or maybe the get-textBox doesn't work for read-only textboxs.



I've already sent an e-mail to the author with my question, but I haven't get an answer. If anyone has worked with this and has the answer, I'd really appreciate their help :)



WiimoteConnect can be found here if anyone is interested:
http://www.wiimoteproject.com/index...view;id=14



I also attach a screenshot.










I'm sorry if I have grammatical mistakes... English isn't my first language :)

The control you are obtaining a handle to is not a TextBox, it is a StatusStrip, hence why it is entitled "StatusStrip1". This will (or should) get the handle to the StatusStrip:

$app = Get-Window "WiimoteConnect"
$statusStrip = Get-Control $app "StatusStrip1"
Write-Host "Handle to StatusStrip is " $statusStrip

Thank you for your answer GWHowarth88! :)

But I have a question... after I get the handle like you said, I write two lines more:

$text = get-textBox $statusStrip
write-host $text

wishing for obtain the text "connected: 0" hehe... I was wondering if there is some method to obtain that "connected: 0" :)

Thanks for your help! :)

Try this (although I'm not sure if it'll work or not):

$app = Get-Window "WiimoteConnect"
$statusStripHandle = Get-Control $app "StatusStrip1"
$statusStrip = [System.Windows.Forms.Control]::FromHandle($statusStripHandle)
Write-Host $statusStrip.Text

So, uhm ... that article (and my frustration at using his code), was part of the motivation for the WASP project, and I think you should just run over and get that before you go any further :)

http://wasp.codeplex.com/

Secondly, the problem you're having is that the "StatusStrip" is the PARENT of the control that has the text on it. StatusStrips don't have text themselves

I'm pretty sure that you'll be able to just do this to get at the text (using WASP):

Select-Window "WiimoteConnect" | select-control -recurse -title "StatusStrip1" | select-control

(Whoops, Double Submit)