i'm trying to pull some data from inside another application. for me to get to the proper location in the app, however, i need to be able to force the app to open the appropriate window. thus far, i have gotten vb to open the app and "press" the first key to get things started. when the button is pressed, the application performs a search. this could take less than a second or it could take 15 seconds. what i would like to do is have vb check for the window within the app every second until the window appears. does anyone know how to do this?