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11-11-2002, 02:40 AM

Rossc007

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App Communication

Hello,

Is it possible for me to read data from a text box in an application by using its handle?

Thanks
Ross

11-11-2002, 04:28 AM

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if you mean its hWnd then yes, you can send the WM_GETTEXT using SemdMessage I believe

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11-11-2002, 06:01 AM

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Code:

Declare Function GetWindowTextLength Lib "user32" Alias "GetWindowTextLengthA" (ByVal hwnd As Long) As Long

Declare Function GetWindowText Lib "user32" Alias "GetWindowTextA" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal lpString As String, ByVal cch As Long) As Long

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