Selects an entry in a list box, combo box, or drop-down list, or a tab control page, by string.
Index := ControlChooseString(String, ControlID , WinTitle, WinText, ExcludeTitle, ExcludeText)
Type: String
The full text or just the leading part of the text of the entry or page to select. If the text matches multiple entries or pages, the first one is selected.
The search is not case-sensitive. For example, if a list box contains the entry "UNIX Text", specifying the word unix (lowercase) would be enough to select it.
Type: String, Integer or Object
The control's ClassNN, text or HWND, or an object with a Hwnd property. For details, see Control Identifiers.
Type: String, Integer or Object
If each of these is blank or omitted, the Last Found Window will be used. Otherwise, specify for WinTitle a window title or other criteria to identify the target window and/or for WinText a substring from a single text element of the target window (as revealed by the included Window Spy utility).
ExcludeTitle and ExcludeText can be used to exclude one or more windows by their title or text. Their specification is similar to WinTitle and WinText, except that ExcludeTitle does not recognize any criteria other than the window title.
Window titles and text are case-sensitive. By default, hidden windows are not detected and hidden text elements are detected, unless changed with DetectHiddenWindows and DetectHiddenText. When using pure HWNDs, hidden windows are always detected. By default, a window title can contain WinTitle or ExcludeTitle anywhere inside it to be a match, unless changed with SetTitleMatchMode.
Type: Integer
This function returns the index of the selected entry or page, where 1 is the first, 2 is the second, etc.
A TargetError is thrown if the window or control could not be found, or if the control's class name does not contain "Combo" or "List".
An Error or OSError is thrown if the change could not be applied.
This function is intended for use with controls in a non-GUI window, i.e. a window that is not created with the Gui function. It works best with common or predefined Microsoft controls; some applications use custom or modified controls, in which case the function might not work as expected. For GUI controls, it is usually more convenient to use GuiControl.Choose.
Unlike GuiControl.Choose, this function raises a Change or DoubleClick event.
To improve reliability, a delay is done automatically after each use of this function. That delay can be changed via SetControlDelay or by assigning a value to A_ControlDelay. For details, see SetControlDelay remarks.
ControlGetChoice, ControlChooseIndex, GuiControl.Choose, Control functions