Address Bar Text

[andrew.arnott]

I looked through the forum and the manual, but I couldn't find an answer to this.

How can I get the text from the adress bar in an internet explorer window? The control ID is 41447.

Thanks,

aarnott

[Micha1405]

Try this

Opt("WinTitleMatchMode", 4) ;1=start, 2=subStr, 3=exact, 4=advanced

$text = WinGetTitle("AutoIt Forums -","")

MsgBox(0, "Text read was:", $text)

[andrew.arnott]

Thanks for taking a look, but that's not exactly what I meant (sorry!). :">

I mean I want to get the text from the address bar where you type in "www.autoitscript.com". I know how to put text into that bar, but the ControlGetText() function doesn't return anything. I'm not sure how to go about this.

[Westi]

Opt("WinTitleMatchMode", 2)  
WinWaitActive ( "Internet Explorer" )
$text = ControlGetText ( "Internet Explorer", "", 41477 )
  MsgBox(0, "", $text)

[andrew.arnott]

Is it my computer then? That's what I had before, and it doesn't work . It just shows a blank message box, so it is returning nothing.

[Westi]

It just shows a blank message box, so it is returning nothing.

This is not possible 'cause WinWaitActive.

Check the ControlID, it is 41477 not 41447 !!!

Advanced version:

Opt("WinTitleMatchMode", 2) ;VERY IMPORTANT
$title = "Internet Explorer" 
$url = "Address is: "
$hwnd = "Handle is: "

$hwnd = $hwnd & ControlGetHandle ( $title, "", 41477 )

If $hwnd = "Handle is " then
 $hwnd = "No such ControlID"
Else
 $url = $url & ControlGetText ( $title, "", 41477 )
EndIf

MsgBox(0, $title, $url & @CRLF & $hwnd)

[andrew.arnott]

Thanks!!! (now don't I feel stupid :"> )

It works perfectly -- again thanks a lot!