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I was wondering....
Say for example I had notepad open. Notepad contains a textbox of some kind, yes? How can I grab the contents of that text box via the API (IE, I dont want to have to copy/paste the code using AppActivate and SendKeys)?
Is it possible?
Any help at all would be greatly appreciated.
It might be easier to force NotePad to save to a dummy file, and
then read in the file.
I'm not at all sure the NotePad uses a textbox, per se.
wow :eek:
hey der,Ialways thot notepad had a txtbox that resized with the form!
well, Chaoticmass, in case it is, then you could also sendkey ctrl-c to it and paste in your app. :confused:
there is an api fn i think ...y notsearch google or something - if i find it first i'll post it right here...
So watch this space...!:D
check www.vbapi.com
I was only using Notepad as an example. I'd like to be able to spy on the content of any textbox, if that it at all possible.
Thanks for your time.
Like i said... check out www.vbapi.com and go to the Reference section..... It has a list of all the API calls associated with VB and tells u how to use them and what it does.
I think you will want to use the SendMessage call... you can find out the constants to use that have to do with notepad at www.microsoft.com.