Get the text from the edit control of a ComboBox
#include <GuiComboBox.au3>
_GUICtrlComboBox_GetEditText ( $hWnd )
| $hWnd | Control ID/Handle to the control |
| Success: | a string from the edit control. |
| Failure: | an empty string. |
If the message is sent to a ComboBox with the $CBS_DROPDOWN or $CBS_DROPDOWNLIST style the Function will fail.
_GUICtrlComboBox_SetEditText, _GUICtrlComboBoxEx_SetEditText
#include <GuiComboBox.au3>
#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>
Global $g_idMemo
Example()
Func Example()
; Create GUI
GUICreate("ComboBox Get/Set Edit Text (v" & @AutoItVersion & ")", 400, 296)
Local $idCombo = GUICtrlCreateCombo("", 2, 2, 396, 296)
$g_idMemo = GUICtrlCreateEdit("", 2, 32, 396, 266, 0)
GUICtrlSetFont($g_idMemo, 9, 400, 0, "Courier New")
GUISetState(@SW_SHOW)
; Add files
_GUICtrlComboBox_BeginUpdate($idCombo)
_GUICtrlComboBox_AddDir($idCombo, @WindowsDir & "\*.exe")
_GUICtrlComboBox_EndUpdate($idCombo)
; Set Edit Text
_GUICtrlComboBox_SetEditText($idCombo, StringFormat("%d - Some New Text", Random(1, 20, 1)))
; Get Edit Text
MemoWrite("Edit Text: " & _GUICtrlComboBox_GetEditText($idCombo))
; Loop until the user exits.
Do
Until GUIGetMsg() = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
GUIDelete()
EndFunc ;==>Example
; Write a line to the memo control
Func MemoWrite($sMessage)
GUICtrlSetData($g_idMemo, $sMessage & @CRLF, 1)
EndFunc ;==>MemoWrite