wingettitle help

[232showtime]

is it possible to get the first characters of the active workbook?

i got the active excel title but its giving a value book1 - excel, I just want to get the first 5 charcters in the title... thanks

#include <MsgBoxConstants.au3>


HotKeySet("{F1}", "Example")

Func Example()
    ; Retrieve the window title of the active window.
    Local $sText = WinGetTitle("[ACTIVE]")

    ; Display the window title.
    MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, "", $sText)
EndFunc   ;==>Example

While 1
    Sleep(10)
WEnd

[JLogan3o13]

If you have the title, and just want x number of characters, look at StringTrimLeft in the help file.

Edit: Way too early...I meant StringLeft not StringTrimLeft - BrewMan has a nice example below.

Edited October 9, 2014 by JLogan3o13

[BrewManNH]

#include <MsgBoxConstants.au3>


HotKeySet("{F1}", "Example")

Func Example()
    ; Retrieve the window title of the active window.
    Local $sText = WinGetTitle("[ACTIVE]")

    ; Display the window title.
    MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, "", Stringleft($sText, 5)) ; <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
EndFunc   ;==>Example

While 1
    Sleep(10)
WEnd

[232showtime]

I have no idea, that command exist... many thanks...