ControlGetText Fast ?

[ronkwan]

According to the doc, " ControlGetText always retrieves the text using the slow mode ... ". I would like to know if it's possible to override this setting and let ControlGetText run at a faster speed? Or it needs a source code level change?

Thank you.

[mikeyww]

Not fast enough?

Code: Select all

#Requires AutoHotkey v2.0
winTitle := 'ahk_exe notepad.exe'
ctl      := 'Edit1'
start := A_TickCount
ControlGetText(ctl, winTitle)
MsgBox 'Elapsed time: ' A_TickCount - start ' ms', 'Result', 64

Output

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[ronkwan]

Hi mikeyww,

In your case, yes. In my case, no. My "Elapsed time" would be 100ms at best, usually over 150~250+ ms. Please understand I have a reason to ask such question. I need to get multiple lines of text out of a control and I am looking for ways to make it run faster.

[just me]

Parameters
Speed
Specify one of the following words to indicate how the WinText and ExcludeText parameters should be matched

Do you use this parameters? Show the relevant code, please.