Retrieves the internal handle of a control.
ControlGetHandle ( "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 handle (HWND) value. |
| Failure: | 0 and sets the @error flag to non-zero if no window matches the criteria. |
This function returns a HWND/Handle value.
#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)
; Retrieve the handle of the edit control in Notepad. The handle returned by WinWait is used for the "title" parameter of ControlGetHandle.
Local $hControl = ControlGetHandle($hWnd, "", "Edit1")
; Display the handle of the edit control.
MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, "", "The handle of Edit1 is: " & $hControl)
; Close the Notepad window using the handle returned by WinWait.
WinClose($hWnd)
EndFunc ;==>Example