My mess of sub calls!

Code:

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                          GetWindowText(
                                FindWindowEx(
                                  FindWindowEx(
                                        FindWindowEx(
                                          FindWindow(
                                          "IEFrame",
                                          0),
                                        0,
                                        "WorkerW",
                                        0),
                                  0,
                                  "ReBarWindow32",
                                  0),
                                0,
                                "ComboBoxEx32",
                                0),
                          hbWnd,
                          MAX_PATH );

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why isn't hbWnd getting anything?
(Text is in IE's address bar.)

That is probably the ugliest code I have ever seen. How about you check the return values for the 4 FindWindow() functions?

Yes, and it returns valid! see! What iv'e got now:...

Code:

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#define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
#include <windows.h>
#include <gwc.h>
#include <windowsx.h>
#include <commctrl.h>
#include <mmsystem.h>
int WINAPI WinMain (HINSTANCE hThisInstance,
                                        HINSTANCE hPrevInstance,
                                        LPSTR lpszArgument,
                                        int nFunsterStil)
{
  char hbWnd[MAX_PATH];
 
 HWND hwnd = FindWindowEx(
                          FindWindowEx( 
                                FindWindowEx(
                                  FindWindowEx(
                                        FindWindowEx(
                                          FindWindow(
                                          "IEFrame",
                                          0),
                                        0,
                                        "WorkerW",
                                        0),
                                  0,
                                  "ReBarWindow32",
                                  0),
                                0,
                                "ComboBoxEx32",
                                0),
                          0,
                          "ComboBox",
                          0),
                        0,
                        "Edit",
                        0);

  GetWindowText(hwnd,hbWnd,MAX_PATH);
 
  if((hwnd && NULL) || (hwnd == NULL))
  MessageBox( 0, "Didn't get 'er!  ):<", "stinker!", MB_OK);
  else
  MessageBox( 0, hbWnd, "well...", MB_OK);
 
  return 0;
}

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If you had read this msdn page carefully you would have noticed this:

Quote:

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If the lpszWindow parameter is not NULL, FindWindowEx calls the GetWindowText function to retrieve the window name for comparison. For a description of a potential problem that can arise, see the Remarks section of GetWindowText.

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Which leads you here, where you will find:

Quote:

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If the target window is owned by the current process, GetWindowText causes a WM_GETTEXT message to be sent to the specified window or control. If the target window is owned by another process and has a caption, GetWindowText retrieves the window caption text. If the window does not have a caption, the return value is a null string.
[...]
To retrieve the text of a control in another process, send a WM_GETTEXT message directly instead of calling GetWindowText.

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And also, what is the purpose of this?

Code:

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if((hwnd && NULL)|| (hwnd == NULL))

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Okay I see it now, and got it working too, thanks.