saving listbox content of another program

[chenko]

is possible to get the contents of another programs listbox?

cheers
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[crispin]

*I saw you in that fish costume - very fetching*

http://forums.vb-world.net/showthrea...rispin+listbox

[chenko]

cheers, rather nice aint it, im wanting to swap it for a trout suit now


ok thanks for the code... the thing is i dont know what the listbox name is in that program?

[crispin]

Youre gonna have to do a findwindowEx, until you find the right window, one way to test to se if you have the right window, is to use GetClassName, and if it returns a ListBox class, then try and grab the contents of the listbox.....but if there are many listboxes you might get a bit stuck.....

if you need code lemme know i'll do something tonight....

[chenko]

To help better, its the references window in VB... I want to output the contents to another list box, and then install a program... then look for new values.


cheers

[crispin]

you can get these from the vbp file itself, drag it to notepad and check it out....

[chenko]

that would mean i have to add them all first.... ummm, i will give it a try....

[chenko]

...I just tried... and I dont think its an option :/

[crispin]

OK,

what im gonna do is do a findwindowex for the references dialog - then i'm gonna get the window text, and if it's the references dialog box, then i'm gonna extract the contents of the listbox. give me a short while and i'll post the code...

[chenko]

ok thanks, cheery muchy

[crispin]

Heres your code woolmaster swift!

if you need anything else lemme know.....

[chenko]

cheers old bean


but (there had to be one ) where does it go?? stupid old me cant find it

[crispin]

heres a different version with a returned collection, check that the collection is not nothing on return, if it's not then you have your list....

[chenko]

eh?

I have troubles understanding other peoples code... also, looking at it... does it only return the list items that have the tick box besides them ticked, as i would like all of them


cheers again

[crispin]

just whip out the code that tests for selection, I put that in especially you ungrateful (*&*&^*&%!!!!!

[chenko]

no no, im way grateful

I put in a function making it always return true... but it goes mental with errors etc... the main problem is where does the list go? to an array?


thanks

[crispin]

baaaaaaaaaaa!

they get returned into a collection....

just put this code under a button or whereever really...

Dim ccol As New Collection
Set ccol = GetListBox

[chenko]

baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!

now your talking my language

Well i had a play for a while, and a few amendments and I got it sorted finally

thanks muchy mukka