(solved) Matching text in control

[MattHiggs]

Hey all.  So I have a question.  I am trying to use "winmenuselectitem" to select a menu item, but I am running into some difficulty actually matching the text of the menu item.  As you all are already abundantly aware, the autoit help file indicates that an underlined character in the text of a menu item should be preceded by a "&."  I don't know if this is a configuration that one can enable somewhere, but I am not seeing any underlined characters in the text of any of the menu list items.  And I know that there have to be some there, as, when I open notepad to run the example provided in the autoit help file, the example would indicate that the "F" in File and "u" in Setup are both underlined, but, as you can see below, these characters are not underlined. 

Furthermore, as one would expect, running the help file example does perform the intended action.  So, I need one of two things: 1) if someone could inform me as to how I enable whatever view lets me see the underlined characters, or 2) inform me as to how I can go about determining the correct characters that make up the strings of the menu items.  I would greatly appreciate it.

Edited July 30, 2019 by MattHiggs

[JLogan3o13]

Usually on the top level menu, if you hold the ALT key down, it will display the trigger keys:

 

[MattHiggs]

1 minute ago, JLogan3o13 said:

Usually on the top level menu, if you hold the ALT key down, it will display the trigger keys:

 

 

 

Interesting, @JLogan3o13.  Did not know that.  But only the top level menu item?  How do you determine if any non-top level menu item has underlined characters?

[jdelaney]

Example of looping a menu, and looping through a child menu, to get what you need:

#include <GuiMenu.au3>

$hwnd = WinGetHandle("[CLASS:Notepad]")
WinActivate($hwnd)
$hMenu = _GUICtrlMenu_GetMenu($hwnd)
$iFile = _GUICtrlMenu_FindItem($hMenu, "File")
$hFileMenu = _GUICtrlMenu_GetItemSubMenu($hMenu, $iFile)
For $i = 0 To _GUICtrlMenu_GetItemCount($hMenu) - 1
    ConsoleWrite(_GUICtrlMenu_GetItemText($hMenu,$i) & " " & @error & @CRLF)
Next

ConsoleWrite($hFileMenu & @CRLF)
For $i = 0 To _GUICtrlMenu_GetItemCount($hFileMenu) - 1
    ConsoleWrite("text=[" & _GUICtrlMenu_GetItemText($hFileMenu,$i, True) & "] " & @error & @CRLF)
Next

&File 0
&Edit 0
F&ormat 0
&View 0
&Help 0
0x000E0869
text=[&New    Ctrl+N] 0
text=[&Open...    Ctrl+O] 0
text=[&Save    Ctrl+S] 0
text=[Save &As...] 0
text=[] 0
text=[Page Set&up...] 0
text=[&Print...    Ctrl+P] 0
text=[] 0

Edited July 30, 2019 by jdelaney

[JLogan3o13]

It is not just the top level. Using your Notepad example, try it out:

[MattHiggs]

Thanks for the help gents.  Got it working.  appreciate the help.