Sets text of a control.
ControlSetText ( "title", "text", controlID, "new text" [, flag = 0] )
| 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. |
| new text | The new text to be set into the control. |
| flag | [optional] when different from 0 (default) will force the target window to be redrawn. |
| Success: | 1. |
| Failure: | 0 if window/control is not found. |
ControlCommand, ControlGetText, ControlSend, SplashTextOn
#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