Is this possible?

[NeilAvent]

Is it possible to find out whether a textbox currently has the users focus? If so how can my application grab the text out of it.

(I am not trying to make a password sniffer, just add spellchecking facilty to programs such as notepad.)

[PsyVision]

I have a program that uncovers the * and turns them to the actual password you can have if you want

[noone]

I'm not sure but you might also want to try posting this in the API forum.

[MartinLiss]

You do something like the following:

If Screen.ActiveControl.Name = "MyTextBox" Then
    MsgBox "I've got the fucus"
End If

The TextBox must be visible or the above throws an error.

[NeilAvent]

That works ok for a textbox in my application. I need to be able to get text from whatever the active window is though. e.g. Notepad

I am digging through the API archives to see if I can find anything there... I reckon this is possible but maybe a little too tricky for me

[MartinLiss]

Oh! That's a whole different story. You do that via the GetWindowText API call. Do a search of this site for examples.

[XxEvilxX]

psyvision hey send me the source to that one thing you said which show you what really behind the *

[PsyVision]

k, but i'll need your mail address

I would like it too!

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