updated code to find search box by finding the box next to the go button since the control id was ambiguous

fccs_export.py

@@ -93,15 +93,53 @@ def connect_main(ctrl, log):
 # PER-DRAWER EXPORT
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-def navigate_to_drawer(main, drawer_id, ctrl, timeouts, log):
-    """Type the drawer ID into the search box and click Go."""
-    # Use best_match name "Edit" instead of title — the title is placeholder
-    # text that changes once the user types in the box.
-    box = main["Edit"]
-    box.wait("visible ready", timeout=timeouts["nav"])
+def find_search_box(main, ctrl, timeouts, log):
+    """Locate the drawer search box reliably using the Go button as an anchor.
 
-    box.set_edit_text("")
-    box.set_edit_text(drawer_id)
+    The main window has several Edit controls (notably the data-location box
+    inside a ComboBox). Their best_match names ("Edit", "Edit0"...) are
+    unstable and the placeholder title only exists in a fresh session, so we
+    anchor off the Go button instead: the search box sits on the same row
+    (same top Y) as Go, immediately to its left. Call once before the drawer
+    loop — the returned wrapper stays valid for the window's lifetime.
+    """
+    go = main.child_window(title=ctrl["go_button_title"], class_name="Button")
+    go.wait("visible ready", timeout=timeouts["nav"])
+    go_rect = go.rectangle()
+
+    edits = main.children(class_name="Edit")
+    if not edits:
+        edits = main.descendants(class_name="Edit")
+
+    tolerance = 10
+    candidates = [
+        e for e in edits
+        if abs(e.rectangle().top - go_rect.top) <= tolerance
+    ]
+    if not candidates:
+        raise RuntimeError(
+            "Could not find the drawer search box (no Edit control on the "
+            "Go button's row). FCCS may not be on the main drawer view."
+        )
+
+    # If several share the row, pick the one whose right edge is closest to
+    # (and left of) the Go button — that's the box directly beside Go.
+    left_of_go = [e for e in candidates if e.rectangle().right <= go_rect.left]
+    pool = left_of_go if left_of_go else candidates
+    box = max(pool, key=lambda e: e.rectangle().right)
+
+    r = box.rectangle()
+    log(f"  Search box located at {(r.left, r.top, r.right, r.bottom)} "
+        f"(Go button top={go_rect.top})")
+    return box
+
+
+def navigate_to_drawer(main, search_box, drawer_id, ctrl, timeouts, log):
+    """Type the drawer ID into the search box and click Go."""
+    search_box.wait("visible ready", timeout=timeouts["nav"])
+
+    search_box.set_edit_text("")
+    search_box.set_edit_text(drawer_id)
     time.sleep(timeouts["settle"])
 
     main.child_window(title=ctrl["go_button_title"], class_name="Button").click()
@@ -257,8 +295,8 @@ def wait_for_export(app, ctrl, timeouts, log):
     return True
 
 
-def export_drawer(app, main, drawer_id, ctrl, timeouts, screenshot_dir,
-                   manifest_dir, log):
+def export_drawer(app, main, search_box, drawer_id, ctrl, timeouts,
+                  screenshot_dir, manifest_dir, log):
     """Full per-drawer sequence. Returns True on success."""
     log(f"Drawer {drawer_id}: starting")
 
@@ -266,7 +304,7 @@ def export_drawer(app, main, drawer_id, ctrl, timeouts, screenshot_dir,
     dismiss_any_dialog(app, ctrl, log)
 
     # 1. Navigate
-    if not navigate_to_drawer(main, drawer_id, ctrl, timeouts, log):
+    if not navigate_to_drawer(main, search_box, drawer_id, ctrl, timeouts, log):
         take_screenshot(main, drawer_id, "nav_fail", screenshot_dir, log)
         return False
 
@@ -364,6 +402,12 @@ def main():
 
     app, main_win = connect_main(ctrl, log)
 
+    try:
+        search_box = find_search_box(main_win, ctrl, timeouts, log)
+    except Exception as e:
+        log(f"ERROR: {e}")
+        sys.exit(1)
+
     success_count = 0
     fail_count    = 0
     failed_ids    = []
@@ -371,8 +415,8 @@ def main():
     for i, drawer_id in enumerate(pending, start=1):
         log(f"--- [{i}/{len(pending)}] Drawer {drawer_id} ---")
         try:
-            ok = export_drawer(app, main_win, drawer_id, ctrl, timeouts,
-                               paths["screenshot_dir"],
+            ok = export_drawer(app, main_win, search_box, drawer_id, ctrl,
+                               timeouts, paths["screenshot_dir"],
                                paths["manifest_dir"], log)
         except Exception as e:
             log(f"  UNEXPECTED ERROR on drawer {drawer_id}: {e}")