Hello,
I have a problem, I need to read text from a text box in another application.
Using Spy++ I found that the text box's class is Internet Explorer_Server
I tried SendMessage and a few other functions but it didn't work.
Thanks in advance.
Hello,
I have a problem, I need to read text from a text box in another application.
Using Spy++ I found that the text box's class is Internet Explorer_Server
I tried SendMessage and a few other functions but it didn't work.
Thanks in advance.
Last edited by Adrian++; 08-03-2008 at 11:36 AM.
GetWindowText API function.
Originally Posted by Adak
GetWindowText can get only the Text from the main window (if you give it a HWND from another process)
No, that's incorrect. Pass the correct HWND to GetWindowText and it will retrieve the text.
It works with edit controls, as well.
No.
Read the doc :"GetWindowText cannot retrieve the text of a control in another application."
Use any other known method
I'm not sure if will can work with textboxes but anyways, you can also use pipes.
Here is a thread that discusses this issue in detail
As I seem to recall, GetWindowText just sends WM_GETTEXT, which is the method to retrieve the text from a control (indeed, I have been doing this for ages using MFC).
(I think) He wants to get text from an application which is not related to his. I dont know of any basic API function for this, you'd probably need some sort of hook to intercept the text flowing to the other programs controls.
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So what you are implying is that you can't use GetWindowText for controls outside your own window?
