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    how can i get the handle of a window's textbox

    i'd like to get the handle of textbox. how can i do that?





    thanks

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    Re: how can i get the handle of a window's textbox

    Where is the textbox? In another program? What kind of program is it?
    Is it a DirectX game?
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    Re: how can i get the handle of a window's textbox

    Quote Originally Posted by dglienna
    Where is the textbox? In another program? What kind of program is it?
    Is it a DirectX game?

    it's textbox of another window

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    Resolved Re: how can i get the handle of a window's textbox

    Quote Originally Posted by HopeZ
    it's textbox of another window
    try this code Add A timer and set interval property to 1 and drop a Label too named Label1
    and move your mouse around the screen to know the Hwnd
    Code:
    Option Explicit
    Private Declare Function WindowFromPoint Lib "user32" (ByVal xPoint As Long, ByVal yPoint As Long) As Long
    Private Declare Function GetCursorPos Lib "user32" (lpPoint As POINTAPI) As Long
    Private Type POINTAPI
            X As Long
            Y As Long
    End Type
    Dim MousePNT As POINTAPI
    Dim X As Integer, Y As Integer, curWindow As Long
    Private Sub Form_Load()
    Label1.Caption = "Hwnd = "
    End Sub
    
    Private Sub Timer1_Timer()
    Call GetCursorPos(MousePNT)
    X = MousePNT.X
    Y = MousePNT.Y
    curWindow = WindowFromPoint(X, Y)
    Me.Caption = X & "/" & Y
    Label1.Caption = curWindow
    End Sub

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    Re: how can i get the handle of a window's textbox

    Quote Originally Posted by HopeZ
    it's textbox of another window
    You can either use FindWindowEx API or the EnumChildWindows API. Take a look at www.allapi.net for the examples on these APIs.

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