Function Reference

_GUICtrlComboBox_SetEditText

Set the text of the edit control of the ComboBox

#include <GuiComboBox.au3>
_GUICtrlComboBox_SetEditText ( $hWnd, $sText )

Parameters

$hWnd Control ID/Handle to the control
$sText Text to be set

Return Value

None.

Remarks

If the message is sent to a ComboBox with the $CBS_DROPDOWN or $CBS_DROPDOWNLIST style the Function will fail.

Related

_GUICtrlComboBox_GetEditText, _GUICtrlComboBox_ReplaceEditSel

Example

#include "Extras\HelpFileInternals.au3"

#include <GuiComboBox.au3>
#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>

Example()

Func Example()
    ; Create GUI
    GUICreate("ComboBox Get/Set Edit Text (v" & @AutoItVersion & ")", 400, 296)
    Local $idCombo = GUICtrlCreateCombo("", 2, 2, 396, 296)
    _MemoCreate(2, 32, 396, 266, 0)
    GUISetState(@SW_SHOW)

    ; Add files
    _GUICtrlComboBox_BeginUpdate($idCombo)
    _GUICtrlComboBox_AddDir($idCombo, @WindowsDir & "\*.exe")
    _GUICtrlComboBox_EndUpdate($idCombo)

    ; Set Edit Text
    _GUICtrlComboBox_SetEditText($idCombo, StringFormat("%d - Some New Text", Random(1, 20, 1)))

    ; Get Edit Text
    _MemoWrite("Edit Text: " & _GUICtrlComboBox_GetEditText($idCombo))

    ; Loop until the user exits.
    Do
    Until GUIGetMsg() = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
    GUIDelete()
EndFunc   ;==>Example