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Noel Devost
July 28th, 1999, 01:34 PM
I am trying to automate a process (with 3rd party app) using VB 5.0.

I would like to be able to determine either:

The location of the cursor in the app window (not the mouse position!)

or

scrape the app screen text for a particular value. Any Ideas?

Any help would be greatly appreciated

Noel Devost
Senior Programmer/Systems Analyst
Sudbury Regional Hospital Corp
ndevost@hrsrh.on.ca