How to obtain handle to a character based field thru API

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You need to use the FindWindowEx API to get the handle of the Edit control.

hParent = FindWindowEx(0, 0, "ParentWindowClass","ParentWindowName")
If hParent <> 0 Then
    hChlid = FindWindowEx(hParent,0,"Edit",vbNullString)
    If hChild <> 0 Then
        SendMessage hChild, WM_SETTEXT, 0, ByVal "MyText"
    End If
End If