Calculator API

Hello,
I want to integrate the windows calculator into my program (or any other good calculator if you know a nicer one ;) ), but I need to proceed with the result, so I need a way to store it somehow (doesn't matter wheter I store it in a File, autocopy it, etc.).

So my questions are:

-How do I call the win calculator?
-How do I store the results?
-Are there any better ways of integrating a good calculator apart from writing one myself?

Thanks,
Lukas

You can start it by doing :

VB Code:

Shell "calc.exe", vbNormalFocus

As for getting the info, go to patorjk.com and download the API spy. From that you can get the hwnd for the box that you want. Afterwards, try searching for the SendMessage API with the WM_GETTEXT constant ;)

Thanks, I'll try that. Alternative solutions are still welcome, though.

for .NET
process.start("calc")

By the way why don't you want to write your own calculator? It will be easier? :confused:

I've come to this point, too ;).
Nah, seriously, I just wanted to trick around with communication between programs.

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Originally posted by CodeRonin
I've come to this point, too ;).
Nah, seriously, I just wanted to trick around with communication between programs.

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OK. I was just wondering ;) . Did you get it to work?