Method Reference (COM)

ControlGetHandle

Retrieves the internal handle of a control.

ControlGetHandle "title", "text", "controlID"

 

Parameters

title The title of the window to read.
text The text of the window to read.
controlID The control to interact with. See Controls.

 

Return Value

Success: Returns a string containing the control handle value.
Failure: Returns "" (blank string) and sets oAutoIt.error to 1 if no window matches the criteria.

 

Remarks

None.

 

Related

WinTitleMatchMode (Option)

 

Example

Set oAutoIt = WScript.CreateObject("AutoItX3.Control")
handle = oAutoIt.ControlGetHandle("Untitled - Notepad", "", "Edit1")