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I'm trying to write a VB.net (VB.Net 2005 Express) application that scans
open applications for certain words or phrases.
I've successfully managed to get it to read textboxes, labels, etc in
notepad, MS Word and Internet Explorer, but it doesn't read the main work
areas of MS Office and Internet Explorer.
I am guessing that this is because sendmessage can't read from OLE controls.
If I am right, then how do I go about reading text from such controls and
identifying when such controls exist in the application?

I've been hunting around for days without success, so any help much
appreciated

Richie
Oct 13 '06 #1
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