EditGetLine

Returns the text of a line in an edit control by line number.

Line := EditGetLine(N, ControlID , WinTitle, WinText, ExcludeTitle, ExcludeText)

Parameters

N

Type: Integer

The line number. The first line is 1, the second 2, and so on.

ControlID

Type: String, Integer or Object

The control's ClassNN, text or HWND, or an object with a Hwnd property. For details, see Control Identifiers.

WinTitle, WinText, ExcludeTitle, ExcludeText

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.

Return Value

Type: String

This function returns the text of line N. Depending on the nature of the control, the string might end in a carriage return (`r) or a carriage return + linefeed (`r`n).

Error Handling

A TargetError is thrown if the window or control could not be found.

A ValueError is thrown if N is out of range or otherwise invalid.

An OSError is thrown if a message could not be sent to the control.

Remarks

This function 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.

EditGetCurrentCol, EditGetCurrentLine, EditGetLineCount, EditGetSelectedText, EditPaste, Control functions

Examples

Reports the text of the second line in the first edit control of a GUI or non-GUI window.

MsgBox EditGetLine(2, "Edit1", "Some Window Title")