ifthen statment problems

[esteban]

Here's my problem,

I am trying to open a msgbox after a wingettext on notepad. My code looks like this :

$text=Wingettext("test")

if $text="start" then

msgbox(1,"test", "Success!")

endif

I am sure that $text="start" . i simply cant get the if statement to work correctly. can any one help me?

[azeazezar]

Here's my problem,

I am trying to open a msgbox after a wingettext on notepad. My code looks like this :

$text=Wingettext("test")

if $text="start" then

msgbox(1,"test", "Success!")

endif

I am sure that $text="start" . i simply cant get the if statement to work correctly. can any one help me?

Can you give us a screenshot of the AutoIt Window Info Tool and the window?

[kjmarket]

The code works. Your problem is that you are only looking for a window that contains the text you specified. Do you know the exact title of the window you want to get the text from? That would help a lot.

[MHz]

Ensure you are using WinWait() to wait for the window to come along, else WinGetText() may execute too early. Also you may need to account for the carriage return if exists. Only adding @LF would make it work for me.

This works for me.

Run('Notepad')
WinWait('Untitled')
ControlSend('Untitled', '', 'Edit1', 'start'); add some text to notepad
$text = WinGetText('Untitled')
If $text = ('start' & @LF) Then
    MsgBox(0, 'OK', 'success')
EndIf
MsgBox(0, '$test=', '"' & $text & '"'); Check variable contents

[Valuater]

Many times i find myself using

If StringinStr($text, 'start') Then

that way if there is a line feed or "other" character, you still can get you desired results

8)

[SmOke_N]

Many times i find myself using

If StringinStr($text, 'start') Then

that way if there is a line feed or "other" character, you still can get you desired results

8)

I do that often ...

[esteban]

thank you Valuater, after using StringinStr everything worked. thank you!

[MHz]

I would have used StringStripWhiteSpace() to get the "start", because if the line contained "jumpstart" then StringInStr() would also return true. "jumpstart" is a different word.