Method Reference (COM)

ControlSetText

Sets text of a control.

ControlSetText "title", "text", "controlID", "new text"

 

Parameters

title The title of the window to access.
text The text of the window to access.
controlID The control to interact with. See Controls.
new text The new text to be set into the control.

 

Return Value

Success: Returns 1.
Failure: Returns 0 if window/control is not found.

 

Remarks

When using a control name in the Control functions, you need to add a number to the end of the name to indicate which control. For example, if there two controls listed called "MDIClient", you would refer to these as "MDIClient1" and "MDIClient2".

 

Related

ControlGetText, ControlCommand

 

Example

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

oAutoIt.Run "notepad.exe"
oAutoIt.WinWait "Untitled -"
oAutoIt.ControlSetText "Untitled -", "", "Edit1", "New Text Here"