getting text from any text window.

[bigodines]

hi guys,
1st sorry about my ad english.

I'm not that expert at c++ programming (but i'm studying a lot). Ok, my question is:

How can i get a text from any text window (a system like babylon translator...)?

plus, how can i get information about of which app is that window?

i hope u understood my poor english.

[Rare177]

if its in api you can use either findwindow or windowfrompoint to find the window.
then use gettext to get the text.
small example

hwnd hwnd , hwndButton1 , hwndButton2 , hwndHook;

.......

case WM_COMMAND:
if((HWND)lParam == hwndButton1){
POINT pt;

MessageBox(0 , "Move the OK button of the window and press ok" , "test" , 0);
GetCursorPos(&pt);
hwndHook = WindowFromPoint(pt);
}

if((HWND)lParam == Button2){
char a[128];

SendMessage(hwndHook , WM_GETTEXT ,  (WPARAM)sizeof(a) , (LPARAM)a);
MessageBox(0 , a , "test" , 0);
}
......

thats for getting text from a window thats not in your program.if its in the program just use WM_GETTEXT to the window

hope that helps

[bigodines]

thank u very much dude, ill test it.

BTW, is there any way to store which application that window belongs?

[Rare177]

i guess you could get the text from the main window and store that