Function Reference


_GUICtrlMenu_GetItemText

Retrieves the text of the specified menu item

#include <GuiMenu.au3>
_GUICtrlMenu_GetItemText ( $hMenu, $iItem [, $bByPos = True] )

Parameters

$hMenu Handle of the menu
$iItem Identifier or position of the menu item
$bByPos [optional] Menu identifier flag:
    True - $iItem is a 0-based item position
    False - $iItem is a menu item identifier

Return Value

Success: the menu item text.
Failure: sets the @error flag to non-zero.

Related

_GUICtrlMenu_SetItemText

See Also

Search GetMenuString in MSDN Library.

Example

#include <GuiMenu.au3>

Example()

Func Example()
        Local $hWnd, $hMain, $hFile

        ; Open Notepad
        Run("notepad.exe")
        WinWaitActive("[CLASS:Notepad]")
        $hWnd = WinGetHandle("[CLASS:Notepad]")
        $hMain = _GUICtrlMenu_GetMenu($hWnd)
        $hFile = _GUICtrlMenu_GetItemSubMenu($hMain, 0)

        ; Get/Set Open item text
        Writeln("Open item text: " & _GUICtrlMenu_GetItemText($hFile, 1))
        _GUICtrlMenu_SetItemText($hFile, 1, "&Closed")
        Writeln("Open item text: " & _GUICtrlMenu_GetItemText($hFile, 1))
EndFunc   ;==>Example

; Write a line of text to Notepad
Func Writeln($sText)
        ControlSend("[CLASS:Notepad]", "", "Edit1", $sText & @CRLF)
EndFunc   ;==>Writeln