Get client area from another app window

[Mercantilum]

I need to get access to the client area of another window (ie from a window *not* from my program) in order to read the graphical data.

- what is the way to do that provided that I know the name (title) of the window?

Thx

[hariCmenon]

You can use FindWindow to get the handle of the window.

Once you get the handle of the window you can use GetClientRect or GetWindowRect according to your need.

[golanshahar]

I need to get access to the client area of another window (ie from a window *not* from my program) in order to read the graphical data.

- what is the way to do that provided that I know the name (title) of the window?

Thx

What kind of data you want to get for the window? Textual? Graphical? What kind of window is that?

Cheers

[Mercantilum]

golanshahar: it's in my initial post.... read it again

haricmon: thanks. but you missed the FindWindowEx allowing search of child windows. you are the nearer from the solution (that i didn't know initially, but had to find the answer myself in the meantime

[golanshahar]

golanshahar: it's in my initial post.... read it again

Sorry missed that .

What kind of graphical information you want to get? You want to capture images from that window?

Cheers

[Mercantilum]

What kind of graphical information you want to get? You want to capture images from that window?
Cheers

Hi... actually everything is graphic at the window client level ... I will use GetClientRect etc... to get the data which is actually a graphic

[Arjay]

There are many ways to get the client data. FindWindow, FindWindowEx, EnumWindows, EnumChildWindows and more gets the top or child windows. From there use the other windows functions to get other data (such as GetClientRect).
If you know the process id, use the EnumXXX methods to restrict the search to a specific process. This method is more reliable (so you don't accidentally grab the 'wrong' window from a process you aren't interested in).

Another way to increase the reliability is to specify the window class along with the title.

If I missed anything here, please don't chastise me - I'm just trying to help.

Arjay