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How to get the text for a control from outside the application?

Subject:	How to get the text for a control from outside the application?
Posted by:	"Alain Morgan" (sedarl..@yahoo.fr)
Date:	Thu, 4 May 2006 16:01:11 +0100

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Hi All,

Please I'm running an aplplication on my computer which display elapsed time
in a panel wich have a form as parent.

I would like to get that time(mean the text for the panel) for another
purpose. How could I reach that panel an get the time?
They have told me about findwindow and getwindowtext functions but I have no
idea on how to use them.

NB: The Main form of that application have many panel.

Thanks in advance for help.

Replies:

Re: How to get the text for a control from outside the application? posted by Peter Below (TeamB) on Thu, 04 May 2006
- Re: How to get the text for a control from outside the application? posted by Alain Morgan on Fri, 5 May 2006
  - Re: How to get the text for a control from outside the application? posted by Peter Below (TeamB) on Fri, 05 May 2006
  - Re: How to get the text for a control from outside the application? posted by Peter Below (TeamB) on Sun, 07 May 2006
    - Re: How to get the text for a control from outside the application? posted by Peter Below (TeamB) on Sun, 07 May 2006
      - Re: How to get the text for a control from outside the application? posted by Alain Morgan on Mon, 8 May 2006
        Re: How to get the text for a control from outside the application? posted by Peter Below (TeamB) on Mon, 08 May 2006
        Re: How to get the text for a control from outside the application? posted by Alain Morgan on Tue, 9 May 2006
        Re: How to get the text for a control from outside the application? posted by Peter Below (TeamB) on Tue, 09 May 2006
        Re: How to get the text for a control from outside the application? posted by Alain Morgan on Wed, 10 May 2006
        Re: How to get the text for a control from outside the application? posted by Peter Below (TeamB) on Wed, 10 May 2006