Select value in the dropdown combobox

[Tingyu_Zhu]

Hi Everyone,

I have been trying to select a value from a Win32 ComboBox via Windows.Get Element, and I have already referred to these two topics:

Selecting options from a combo box

[image] This is what my combo box looks like and I am using a get element to click on it but I’m not sure how to tell the bot to select one of the options on the list. Can you help me?

Select option using combobox

Hi everyone, I am new in RPA and have been doing R&D currently. I have been exploring OpenRPA for the last few days but got stuck on some functionality. I try to select a value from the dropdown combobox which not working. I try from other website like W3Schools also not working. Below is how I have been testing it for reference. [image] I do refer from the other topic that is similar to this one: Selecting options from a combo box - OpenRPA - OpenIAP Hope anyone can help me on this issue. …

The target application is a Windows desktop application called Minfos.

I am using Windows Get Element to get the Gender ComboBox. In debug mode, I can see that the element has SupportSelect = True, and under Items I can see the three options:

• Not Stated.
• Female.
• Male.

However, assigning the value does not seem to change the selected option.

I tried:

item.Value = “Male.”

item.Text = “Male.”

item.name =“Male.”

I also tried looking for item.Text, but item.Text does not appear as an available property for this element. I can only see properties like Name and Value. The current Value is null.

Here is what I can see in the debugger:

• SupportInput = False
• SupportSelect = True
• Value = null
• Items length/count = 3
• Items[0] = ListItem Name: Not Stated.
• Items[1] = ListItem Name: Female.
• Items[2] = ListItem Name: Male.

My question is: for a Windows ComboBox where SupportSelect is True and the options are visible in item.Items, what is the correct way to select one of the ListItems?

Thank you.

[Allan_Zimmermann]

item.Value should be the correct way. Using Assign, you could also try setting item.SelectedIndex to 1 or 2. Or using invoke code, you could also try (if using VB, use Items[1] and add a ; if using C#)

item.SelectItem(item.Items(1))

What concerns me is the SupportInput = False. This is normally a sign that this field is read-only and should not be changed, so it could be me checking for that in the code. See if one of the above “bypasses” that check.