AIT_SelectMultipleListItem

Description

Selects the specified items in a specific multi-selection control on the active window.

Format

bool AIT_SelectMultipleListItem  (
 string strCaption,    // Control's caption
 integer nCtrlType,    // Control type
 string strItemText    // Item text selected
 [,float fTimeOut]     // Time-out
);
bool AIT_SelectMultipleListItem  (
 integer nCtrlID,      // Control ID
 integer nCtrlType,    // Control type
 string strItemText    // Item text selected
 [,float fTimeOut]     // Time-out
);

Parameters

strCaption (input)

Specify the caption of a control.

nCtrlID (input)

Specify a control ID.

nCtrlType (input)

Specify a control type, which must be one of the following values.

ValueDescription
LISTBOX_CTRLThe control type is a list box.
LIST_CTRLThe control is a list control.

strItemText (input)

Specify the text items you want to select in the multi-selection control. You can specify multiple values delimited by a comma.

fTimeOut (input, optional)

Specify the maximum time this function can use to find the control, in units of seconds. The default is the value set in the AIT_SetDefaultWaitTimeout function.

Return values

The return value is true if the function was executed normally, and false if not. If the function has returned false, you can use AIT_GetLastError to acquire an extended error code. The following gives the error codes that AIT_GetLastError might return:

Extended error numberError code
6ERROR_INVALID_HANDLE
8ERROR_NOT_ENOUGH_MEMORY
14ERROR_OUTOFMEMORY
87ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER
112ERROR_DISK_FULL
1400ERROR_INVALID_WINDOW_HANDLE
1460ERROR_TIMEOUT

Notes

Use the AIT_SelectMultipleListItem function only for controls that allow selection of multiple values.

You can identify the control by using a complete caption or an associated label name or specifying the first part of such a caption or label name. When specifying the first part, prefix a swung dash (~) to the character string that you specify.