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    tejaswi teja
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    hello friend, i want a help regarding retrieving data from a Window's Edit boxes. The situation is like this:There is a window( seems to be a dialog box produced by some Application). The window is containing many sub windows(controls inside it). my requirement is to read the data present in those controls/sub windows/edit boxes. The extent to which i have come is, able to get a handle to that edit box( of class CWND). with that handle it is also working if i try to enable/disable all windows/controls present in a maibn parent window . if i am using the function ::GetWindowText(), i am not getting the text in that edit box( where as for all button window i am getting their captions like &OK,&Edit e.t.c). please tell me how to access the text present in the editboxes. and my problem is like this said above in last paragraph.

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      hello friend, i want a help regarding retrieving data from a Window's Edit boxes. The situation is like this:There is a window( seems to be a dialog box produced by some Application). The window is containing many sub windows(controls inside it). my requirement is to read the data present in those controls/sub windows/edit boxes. The extent to which i have come is, able to get a handle to that edit box( of class CWND). with that handle it is also working if i try to enable/disable all windows/controls present in a maibn parent window . if i am using the function ::GetWindowText(), i am not getting the text in that edit box( where as for all button window i am getting their captions like &OK,&Edit e.t.c). please tell me how to access the text present in the editboxes. and my problem is like this said above in last paragraph.

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      please post the code where you are using GetWindowText() because it should work.

      CEdit* pEdit = /*...*/;
      CString strText = "";

      pEdit->GetWindowText(strText);

      // strText contains here the text of the EditBox

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        please post the code where you are using GetWindowText() because it should work.

        CEdit* pEdit = /*...*/;
        CString strText = "";

        pEdit->GetWindowText(strText);

        // strText contains here the text of the EditBox

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        please validate the code here if sth is wrong. Only the case for edit box controls it is not working , i am tinking if any locking they have done there. have tried many other options also all of them commented in the below code. the main window therei is 'System Event" from which i anm trying to read the contents of all its sub windows( edit boxes e.t.c) void WManip(CWnd *WndActiveChild ,CWnd *WndParent) { CWnd * WndActiveChildRead; CEdit *WndEdit; LPTSTR EditText; COleDataObject ClipObj; tagSTGMEDIUM *strVar; LPCTSTR lpctFormat; int ControlID,WinCount = 0; CString rString,temprString,text; WndActiveChild->SetForegroundWindow(); WndActiveChild->SetFocus(); // WndActiveChild->OpenClipboard(); // if (( (WndActiveChild->GetClipboardOwner()) ->GetWindowText(rString) ) != 0 ) // (WndActiveChild->GetClipboardOwner()) ->GetWindowText(rString); // if (rString != "") // AfxMessageBox("some thingn hapend "+rString); ControlID = WndActiveChild->GetDlgCtrlID(); WndActiveChild->GetWindowText(rString); AfxMessageBox(rString); //WndEdit = WndActiveChild ; // ClipObj.AttachClipboard(); // strVar = new tagSTGMEDIUM; // ClipObj.GetData(CF_TEXT, strVar,NULL); // WndActiveChild ->GetLine(0,EditText); // WndParent ->GetDlgItemText(ControlID,rString); // temprString.Format("%s%d%s", (LPCTSTR) rString,ControlID, (LPCTSTR)EditText ); //(LPCTSTR) rString, AfxMessageBox(temprString); // the following code is just for testing i have put. if (rString.Compare("&Edit") == 0) { WndActiveChild->PostMessage(WM_LBUTTONDOWN,0,0); Sleep(50); WndActiveChild->PostMessage(WM_LBUTTONUP,0,0); // WndParent->CheckDlgButton(i,1); } // WndActiveChild->EnableWindow(false); WinCount ++; } void CConfigTool_AutomateDlg::OnOK() { int i,WinCount = 0; CString rString,temprString,text; CEdit EControl; CWnd * pActWindow,*pActChildWindow,*pActChild1Window, *pActChild2Window ; // pActWindow = CWnd::GetActiveWindow(); pActWindow = CWnd::FindWindow(NULL ,"System Event"); pActWindow->SetForegroundWindow(); // pActWindow->ShowWindow(SW_SHOWMAXIMIZED); pActChildWindow = pActWindow->GetTopWindow(); while (pActChildWindow != NULL) { WinCount ++; pActChild1Window = pActChildWindow->GetTopWindow(); while(pActCh

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          please validate the code here if sth is wrong. Only the case for edit box controls it is not working , i am tinking if any locking they have done there. have tried many other options also all of them commented in the below code. the main window therei is 'System Event" from which i anm trying to read the contents of all its sub windows( edit boxes e.t.c) void WManip(CWnd *WndActiveChild ,CWnd *WndParent) { CWnd * WndActiveChildRead; CEdit *WndEdit; LPTSTR EditText; COleDataObject ClipObj; tagSTGMEDIUM *strVar; LPCTSTR lpctFormat; int ControlID,WinCount = 0; CString rString,temprString,text; WndActiveChild->SetForegroundWindow(); WndActiveChild->SetFocus(); // WndActiveChild->OpenClipboard(); // if (( (WndActiveChild->GetClipboardOwner()) ->GetWindowText(rString) ) != 0 ) // (WndActiveChild->GetClipboardOwner()) ->GetWindowText(rString); // if (rString != "") // AfxMessageBox("some thingn hapend "+rString); ControlID = WndActiveChild->GetDlgCtrlID(); WndActiveChild->GetWindowText(rString); AfxMessageBox(rString); //WndEdit = WndActiveChild ; // ClipObj.AttachClipboard(); // strVar = new tagSTGMEDIUM; // ClipObj.GetData(CF_TEXT, strVar,NULL); // WndActiveChild ->GetLine(0,EditText); // WndParent ->GetDlgItemText(ControlID,rString); // temprString.Format("%s%d%s", (LPCTSTR) rString,ControlID, (LPCTSTR)EditText ); //(LPCTSTR) rString, AfxMessageBox(temprString); // the following code is just for testing i have put. if (rString.Compare("&Edit") == 0) { WndActiveChild->PostMessage(WM_LBUTTONDOWN,0,0); Sleep(50); WndActiveChild->PostMessage(WM_LBUTTONUP,0,0); // WndParent->CheckDlgButton(i,1); } // WndActiveChild->EnableWindow(false); WinCount ++; } void CConfigTool_AutomateDlg::OnOK() { int i,WinCount = 0; CString rString,temprString,text; CEdit EControl; CWnd * pActWindow,*pActChildWindow,*pActChild1Window, *pActChild2Window ; // pActWindow = CWnd::GetActiveWindow(); pActWindow = CWnd::FindWindow(NULL ,"System Event"); pActWindow->SetForegroundWindow(); // pActWindow->ShowWindow(SW_SHOWMAXIMIZED); pActChildWindow = pActWindow->GetTopWindow(); while (pActChildWindow != NULL) { WinCount ++; pActChild1Window = pActChildWindow->GetTopWindow(); while(pActCh

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          did you really think that i was going to read that entiere code ? first of all, if you one anyone reading and validating it, put it into <pre></pre> tags to be more readable. moreover, i just asked for the code where you were using the GetWindowText(), not the whole one... so, please use the [modify] link at the bottom of your post...

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            please validate the code here if sth is wrong. Only the case for edit box controls it is not working , i am tinking if any locking they have done there. have tried many other options also all of them commented in the below code. the main window therei is 'System Event" from which i anm trying to read the contents of all its sub windows( edit boxes e.t.c) void WManip(CWnd *WndActiveChild ,CWnd *WndParent) { CWnd * WndActiveChildRead; CEdit *WndEdit; LPTSTR EditText; COleDataObject ClipObj; tagSTGMEDIUM *strVar; LPCTSTR lpctFormat; int ControlID,WinCount = 0; CString rString,temprString,text; WndActiveChild->SetForegroundWindow(); WndActiveChild->SetFocus(); // WndActiveChild->OpenClipboard(); // if (( (WndActiveChild->GetClipboardOwner()) ->GetWindowText(rString) ) != 0 ) // (WndActiveChild->GetClipboardOwner()) ->GetWindowText(rString); // if (rString != "") // AfxMessageBox("some thingn hapend "+rString); ControlID = WndActiveChild->GetDlgCtrlID(); WndActiveChild->GetWindowText(rString); AfxMessageBox(rString); //WndEdit = WndActiveChild ; // ClipObj.AttachClipboard(); // strVar = new tagSTGMEDIUM; // ClipObj.GetData(CF_TEXT, strVar,NULL); // WndActiveChild ->GetLine(0,EditText); // WndParent ->GetDlgItemText(ControlID,rString); // temprString.Format("%s%d%s", (LPCTSTR) rString,ControlID, (LPCTSTR)EditText ); //(LPCTSTR) rString, AfxMessageBox(temprString); // the following code is just for testing i have put. if (rString.Compare("&Edit") == 0) { WndActiveChild->PostMessage(WM_LBUTTONDOWN,0,0); Sleep(50); WndActiveChild->PostMessage(WM_LBUTTONUP,0,0); // WndParent->CheckDlgButton(i,1); } // WndActiveChild->EnableWindow(false); WinCount ++; } void CConfigTool_AutomateDlg::OnOK() { int i,WinCount = 0; CString rString,temprString,text; CEdit EControl; CWnd * pActWindow,*pActChildWindow,*pActChild1Window, *pActChild2Window ; // pActWindow = CWnd::GetActiveWindow(); pActWindow = CWnd::FindWindow(NULL ,"System Event"); pActWindow->SetForegroundWindow(); // pActWindow->ShowWindow(SW_SHOWMAXIMIZED); pActChildWindow = pActWindow->GetTopWindow(); while (pActChildWindow != NULL) { WinCount ++; pActChild1Window = pActChildWindow->GetTopWindow(); while(pActCh

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            please look into the below code equivalent to then pvevious one after removing all the redundant lines. please let meknow about: given any window how to obtain information of all the data present in the window. please suggest me a method or any example code to do the following requirement is as below: input: window Output: details of various items present in the window and their content as far as possible. Maincallingfunction() { WND * wndparent,*wndchild1,*wndchild2; wndparent = Findwindow("WindowName"); cwndchild1= wndparent->GetTopWindow(); while(wncdhild1!= NULL) { GetWindowContent(wndchild,wndparent); wndchild2= wndchild1->GetTopWindow(); while(wncdhild2!= NULL) { GetWindowContent(wndchild,wndparent); wndchild2= wndchild2->GetNextWindow() } wndchild1= wndchild1->GetNextWindow(); } } void GetWindowContent(CWnd *WndActiveChild ,CWnd *WndParent) { CWnd * WndActiveChildRead; CEdit *WndEdit; LPTSTR EditText; COleDataObject ClipObj; tagSTGMEDIUM *strVar; LPCTSTR lpctFormat; int ControlID,WinCount = 0; CString rString,temprString,text; // code starting from here WndActiveChild->SetForegroundWindow(); WndActiveChild->SetFocus(); ControlID = WndActiveChild->GetDlgCtrlID(); WndActiveChild->GetWindowText(rString); AfxMessageBox(rString); } -- modified at 7:13 Wednesday 14th September, 2005

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              please look into the below code equivalent to then pvevious one after removing all the redundant lines. please let meknow about: given any window how to obtain information of all the data present in the window. please suggest me a method or any example code to do the following requirement is as below: input: window Output: details of various items present in the window and their content as far as possible. Maincallingfunction() { WND * wndparent,*wndchild1,*wndchild2; wndparent = Findwindow("WindowName"); cwndchild1= wndparent->GetTopWindow(); while(wncdhild1!= NULL) { GetWindowContent(wndchild,wndparent); wndchild2= wndchild1->GetTopWindow(); while(wncdhild2!= NULL) { GetWindowContent(wndchild,wndparent); wndchild2= wndchild2->GetNextWindow() } wndchild1= wndchild1->GetNextWindow(); } } void GetWindowContent(CWnd *WndActiveChild ,CWnd *WndParent) { CWnd * WndActiveChildRead; CEdit *WndEdit; LPTSTR EditText; COleDataObject ClipObj; tagSTGMEDIUM *strVar; LPCTSTR lpctFormat; int ControlID,WinCount = 0; CString rString,temprString,text; // code starting from here WndActiveChild->SetForegroundWindow(); WndActiveChild->SetFocus(); ControlID = WndActiveChild->GetDlgCtrlID(); WndActiveChild->GetWindowText(rString); AfxMessageBox(rString); } -- modified at 7:13 Wednesday 14th September, 2005

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              teja_tejaswi wrote: WND * wndparent,*wndchild1,*wndchild2; wndparent = Findwindow("WindowName"); cwndchild1= wndparent->GetTopWindow(); If you trying to retrieve content from Window/Edit box thats belong to some other process... then GetWindowText(..) api will not work.. You have to use WM_GETTEXT and WM_GETTEXTLENGTH message to reterive the text of that window.

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                did you really think that i was going to read that entiere code ? first of all, if you one anyone reading and validating it, put it into <pre></pre> tags to be more readable. moreover, i just asked for the code where you were using the GetWindowText(), not the whole one... so, please use the [modify] link at the bottom of your post...

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                toxcct wrote: did you really think that i was going to read that entiere code ? Cool Down brother....

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                cheers, Alok Gupta VC Forum Q&A :- I/ IV

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                  toxcct wrote: did you really think that i was going to read that entiere code ? Cool Down brother....

                  "Opinions are neither right nor wrong. I cannot change your opinion. I can, however, change what influences your opinion." - David Crow

                  cheers, Alok Gupta VC Forum Q&A :- I/ IV

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                  hum, yes, i know i must calm down, but it's really bothering to see how many people post so useless questions... we are obliged to ask one more question and overload the servers to try to understand what the guy wanted us to solve... OT: i'm really really really sorry for series II && III ; i'm ending my classes in one week, and i have to prepared hard my next job (and i'm not even sure where i will work at this date !)

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                    please post the code where you are using GetWindowText() because it should work.

                    CEdit* pEdit = /*...*/;
                    CString strText = "";

                    pEdit->GetWindowText(strText);

                    // strText contains here the text of the EditBox

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                    You cant read the edit box because it not in you process however do not fret lResult = SendMessage( // returns LRESULT in lResult (HWND) hWndControl, // handle to destination control (UINT) WM_GETTEXT, // message ID (WPARAM) wParam, // = (WPARAM) () wParam; (LPARAM) lParam // = (LPARAM) () lParam; ); Look up further documentation on the web but this will take care of your problem.:)

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                      You cant read the edit box because it not in you process however do not fret lResult = SendMessage( // returns LRESULT in lResult (HWND) hWndControl, // handle to destination control (UINT) WM_GETTEXT, // message ID (WPARAM) wParam, // = (WPARAM) () wParam; (LPARAM) lParam // = (LPARAM) () lParam; ); Look up further documentation on the web but this will take care of your problem.:)

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                      ky_rerun wrote: WM_GETTEXT, Sorry if I sound Rude.., I believe same thing is mentioned by me around 15 hr prior to your post.... Please check other comments before posting..

                      "Opinions are neither right nor wrong. I cannot change your opinion. I can, however, change what influences your opinion." - David Crow

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                        hum, yes, i know i must calm down, but it's really bothering to see how many people post so useless questions... we are obliged to ask one more question and overload the servers to try to understand what the guy wanted us to solve... OT: i'm really really really sorry for series II && III ; i'm ending my classes in one week, and i have to prepared hard my next job (and i'm not even sure where i will work at this date !)

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                        toxcct wrote: : i'm really really really sorry for series II && III ; i'm ending my classes in one week, and i have to prepared hard my next job No Problem Buddy, I will Manage :)

                        "Opinions are neither right nor wrong. I cannot change your opinion. I can, however, change what influences your opinion." - David Crow

                        cheers, Alok Gupta VC Forum Q&A :- I/ IV

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