GUICtrlRead does not work although handle is available

[mort]

Hi all,

first of all: I really like AutoIt!

However, I got a little problem when trying to read data from the Gui using the following snippet:

$handle = ControlGetHandle("[CLASS:TMainForm]", "", "[CLASS:TStaticText; INSTANCE:1]")
$var = GUICtrlRead($handle, 1)

Obtaining the handle for the control works, but at the end of the snippet, war will be 0! What am I doing wrong here? The AutoIt window info app does show the correct values!

Thanks,

mort

[mort]

Hi,

just found the solution myself: the key is to use ControlGetText since the GUICtrl functions are for use with AutoIt generated Gui only.