Deodiaus wrote:

> I want to copy info from one application to another. Is there a util
> or example program which shows you how to do this? For example, Spy++
> shows you how what mouse events where sent to which dialog. I want to
> build one application which will copy data entered into one dialog in a
> foreign application (one over which I have no control) and put it into
> another one? Basically, I am trying to build an app like Gator, so
> that I don't have to reentry data, just copy it from one dialog to
> another!
> Thanks,
> Deodiaus
>

This can be done with data from edit controls, but not with much else.

The HWND of an edit control in a foreign app can be found by first using
Spy++ to get the control's ID, then using FindWindow, FindWindowEx,
EnumChildWindows and the like to locate an edit control with the proper
parent and ID.

With the edit control's HWND you can SendMessage(hwnd, WM_GETTEXT,...)
to grab the text in the control, even though it is in a different process.

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Scott McPhillips [VC++ MVP]