Help with setting text to ToolbarWindow324 Control of Save as Dialog? Topic is solved

[Patrick_Dayna]

Help with setting text to ToolbarWindow324 Control of Save as Dialog?

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ControlGetText, ThisPath, ToolbarWindow324, ahk_class #32770 ahk_exe notepad.exe
Tooltip, Current Directory is : %ThisPath% 
Return

This snippet above programmatically gets me the current path of the dialog. I would like to set the path using this method.

So I tried the snippet below, Nothing seems to happen. I've searched online and I could not find any solutions using this method. Am I doing something wrong here?

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ControlSetText, ToolbarWindow324, Test123, ahk_class #32770 ahk_exe notepad.exe
Return

I know that on this same dialog. I can for example, set the path using the file name region I specifically need to do it this way.

Thank you for helping me.

[boiler]

If your goal is to set a new directory in that control, you can set the text in the “File name:” field to a valid directory and click the “Save” button, which doesn’t actually save it since it’s a directory, not a file. It refreshes the window using the directory specified. Like this:

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ControlSetText, Edit1, C:\Temp, ahk_class #32770 ahk_exe notepad.exe
ControlClick, Button2, ahk_class #32770 ahk_exe notepad.exe
Return

[Patrick_Dayna]

I recently learned it has something to do with something called RichEdit control, which has a protected setting to prevent the text from being changed.

So I think your suggestion would be then next best thing. Thanks.