How to get a control text in the active window?

[Fantast]

Sorry, I have read the help, but can't find an answer.

ControlGetText ( "title", "text", controlID )

But the controlID changed everytime my window is opened.

ClassNameNN of the control is the same one, so I want to know how to get text of such control?

And here is my problem:

I want to set this text as a condition to choose what will be sent to the window.

$text = ControlGetText("windowtitle", "", controlID )

If $text = A

    Send("!1")

ElseIf $text = B

    Send("!2")

Else

    Send("!3")

EndIf

How can I do this?

Edited April 20, 2005 by Fantast

[andrew.arnott]

You can also do ControlGetText ( "title", "text", "ClassNameNN" ). It allows that.

Example:

WinWaitActive("Untitled - Notepad")
MsgBox(0, ControlCommand("Untitled - Notepad", "", "Edit1", "GetLineCount", ""), "", 1)

This will return the number of lines in an untitled notpad window. ClassNameNN is used rather than ControlID.

Hope that helps!

[Fantast]

It doesn't work in my window.

But it do work in notepad:

Run("notepad.exe")
WinWaitActive("Untitled - Notepad")
Send("^o")
WinWaitActive("Open")
MsgBox(0,"", ControlGetText("Open", "", "Button2"))

I don't know why.

Anyway, thanks.

[andrew.arnott]

Likely the window you are using does not use Windows controls:

Note: AutoIt only works with standard Microsoft controls - some applications write their own custom controls which may look like a standard MS control but may resist automation. Experiment!

[Fantast]

Perhaps it's not a standard Microsoft controls.

But how to distinguish whether a window is standard or not?