Method Reference (COM)

WinGetClassList

Retrieves the classes from a window.

WinGetClassList "title" [, "text"]

 

Parameters

title The title of the window to read.
text [optional] The text of the window to read.

 

Return Value

Success: Returns a string containing the window classes read.
Failure: Returns numeric 1 and sets oAutoIt.error to 1 if no window matches the criteria.

 

Remarks

Class names are linefeed separated. WinGetClassList works on both minimized and hidden windows. Up to 64KB of text can be retrieved. If multiple windows match the criteria, the classes are read from the most recently active window.

 

Related

WinGetText, ControlCommand

 

Example

Set oAutoIt = WScript.CreateObject("AutoItX3.Control")

text = oAutoIt.WinGetClassList("Untitled -", "")
WScript.Echo "Text read was:" & text