Retrieves text from a control.
ControlGetText ( "title", "text", controlID )
| title | The title/hWnd/class of the window to access. See Title special definition. |
| text | The text of the window to access. See Text special definition. |
| controlID | The control to interact with. See Controls. |
| Success: | the text from a control. |
| Failure: | "" (empty string) and sets the @error flag to 1. |
ControlCommand, ControlSetText, StatusbarGetText, WinGetText
#include <MsgBoxConstants.au3>
Example()
Func Example()
; Run Notepad
Run("notepad.exe")
; Wait 10 seconds for the Notepad window to appear.
Local $hWnd = WinWait("[CLASS:Notepad]", "", 10)
; Set the edit control in Notepad with some text. The handle returned by WinWait is used for the "title" parameter of ControlSetText.
ControlSetText($hWnd, "", "Edit1", "This is some text")
; Retrieve the text of the edit control in Notepad. The handle returned by WinWait is used for the "title" parameter of ControlGetText.
Local $sText = ControlGetText($hWnd, "", "Edit1")
; Display the text of the edit control.
MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, "", "The text in Edit1 is: " & $sText)
; Close the Notepad window using the handle returned by WinWait.
WinClose($hWnd)
EndFunc ;==>Example