GetGadgetItemText()

Syntax

Result$ = GetGadgetItemText(#Gadget, Item [, Column])

Returns the item text of the specified gadget.

Parameters

#Gadget	The gadget to use.
Item	The item to get the text. The first item in the gadget has index 0.
Column (optional)	The column to use for gadgets that support multiple columns. The first column has index 0. The default is column 0.

Return value

Returns the text of the gadget item or an empty string if there is an error.

Remarks

This is a universal function which works for almost all gadgets which handle several items:

- ComboBoxGadget() - 'Item' is the index of the item in the ComboBox list. 'Column' will be ignored.
- ListIconGadget() - returns the entry of the given 'Item' and 'Column'. If 'Item' = -1, the 'Column' header is returned.
- ListViewGadget() - 'Item' is the index of the entry from which you want to receive the content. 'Column' will be ignored.
- PanelGadget() - 'Item' is the panel from which you want to receive the header text.
- TreeGadget() - 'Item' is the index of the entry from which you want to receive the content. 'Column' will be ignored.
- WebGadget() - Get the html code, page title, status message or current selection.

See Also

SetGadgetItemText(), GetGadgetText(), SetGadgetText()

Supported OS

All