FOr AOL ppl amoungst you's

[AliBail]

Hi, This is really puzzling me, as nothing i do seems to work.

[bold]What im trying to do[/bold]
I am trying to take the contents of an Instant Message window and copy it into my program, However the code i am using will only copy it as plain text (NOT RICH TEXT). Also it fails if the user doesn't have the IM window selected!

So if anyone knows what im doing wrong please tell me, Thanks for any help.

This is the code i am using at the moment it is in a timer:

Dim aolframe As Long, mdiclient As Long, aolchild As Long
Dim richcntl As Long
aolframe = FindWindow("aol frame25", vbNullString)
mdiclient = FindWindowEx(aolframe, 0&, "mdiclient", vbNullString)
aolchild = FindWindowEx(mdiclient, 0&, "aol child", vbNullString)
richcntl = FindWindowEx(aolchild, 0&, "richcntl", vbNullString)
Dim TheText As String, TL As Long
TL = SendMessageLong(richcntl, WM_GETTEXTLENGTH, 0&, 0&)
TheText = String(TL + 1, " ")
Call SendMessageByString(richcntl, WM_GETTEXT, TL + 1, TheText)
Me.Text1.Text = Left(TheText, TL)

Thanks for any help.

[X__man]

he hehe, people still use AOL.

[Matthew Gates]

Go to www.patorjk.com for help with your AOL programming needs.

[Joshwa]

Take a look at my (now somewhat defunct) project, IMLog. You can download the source, or browse it in CVS.

We got it working pretty darn well, too.

[AliBail]

Yes, ppl still use AOL, and here in the uk there the cheapest and reasonably fast

Thanks, ill look at your suggestions.

Thanks again.