GetWindowText

How would I get the text of a Window in C# via GetWindowText API, I can do this very easily in VB, but I can't seem to do it in C#.

Thanks,
Sir Loin

Have you tried making your own StreamWriter/StreamReader??

Here is an example

Code:

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static void Main(string[] args)
{
Console.WriteLine("***** Fun with streamwriters/ streamreaders****\n");
StreamWriter writer = new StreamWriter("reminders.txt");

.....

StreamReader sr = new StreamReader("reminders.txt");
}

// You will probably need to use the  { get, set } that way you can specify the  Window you want too read from....

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Hope it helps...

but how will that help him to get the windowtext of an other open process? eg: an open instance of a program ( not a saved file on the hdd ) ;)

you want to be using the StringBuilder class as part of the GetWindowText Api.
eg:

VB Code:

[DllImport("user32.dll", EntryPoint="GetWindowTextA")]
[COLOR=Blue]private static extern int [/COLOR] GetWindowText ([COLOR=Blue]int[/COLOR] hwnd, [COLOR=Blue][B]StringBuilder[/B][/COLOR] lpString, [COLOR=Blue]int[/COLOR] cch);
 
[DllImport("user32.dll", EntryPoint="GetWindowTextLengthA")]
[COLOR=Blue]private static extern int[/COLOR] GetWindowTextLength ([COLOR=Blue]int[/COLOR] hwnd);
 
[COLOR=Green]/// in a function / void ...[/COLOR]
StringBuilder sb = [COLOR=Blue]new[/COLOR] StringBuilder();
 
GetWindowText("handle to window", sb , GetWindowTextLength("handle to window"));
 
Console.Writeline(sb.ToString());

Thanks! I'm new to C#, I was trying to create a char array, and failed miserably. Thanks again!