VB Code:
'declerations:
Declare Function FindWindowEx Lib "user32" Alias "FindWindowExA" (ByVal hWnd1 As Long, ByVal hWnd2 As Long, ByVal lpsz1 As String, ByVal lpsz2 As String) As Long
Declare Function FindWindow Lib "user32" Alias "FindWindowA" (ByVal lpClassName As String, ByVal lpWindowName As String) As Long
Declare Function SendMessageByNum& Lib "user32" Alias "SendMessageA" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal wMsg As Long, ByVal wParam As Long, ByVal lParam As Long)
Declare Function SendMessageByString Lib "user32" Alias "SendMessageA" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal wMsg As Long, ByVal wParam As Long, ByVal lParam As String) As Long
Private Sub Command1_Click()
Dim notepad&, notepadedit&, num&, buff$, edittxt&
'--find the right windows--
notepad& = FindWindow("Notepad", vbNullString)
notepadedit& = FindWindowEx(notepad&, 0&, "Edit", vbNullString)
'--
'--create a buffer the length of the string that needs to be loaded
num& = SendMessageByNum(notepadedit&, 14, 0, 0&)
buff$ = Space$(num&)
'--
'--actually retrieve the text-
edittxt& = SendMessageByString(notepadedit&, 13, num& + 1, buff$)
Text1.text = buff$
End Sub