[VB6] Grab text from screen

[Seifer]

Hi.
how can i grab text (a word or a line) from any windows
(and any controls) where the mouse is pointing???

Help me.
Thanks.

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

Hello,

"Seifer" <m.*********@sintesi-info.it> schrieb:

how can i grab text (a word or a line) from any windows
(and any controls) where the mouse is pointing???

This is a VB.NET language ng. You will more likely get an answer if you
post to the VB6 ngs (microsoft.public.vb.*).

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Herfried K. Wagner
MVP · VB Classic, VB.NET
http://www.mvps.org/dotnet

[Tom Spink]

: You will more likely get an answer if you
: post to the VB6 ngs (microsoft.public.vb.*).

JFYI: Doubtful. I believe there was a thread about this that involved
on-screen character recognition. Yuk.

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: Hello,
:
: "Seifer" <m.*********@sintesi-info.it> schrieb:
: > how can i grab text (a word or a line) from any windows
: > (and any controls) where the mouse is pointing???
:
: This is a VB.NET language ng. You will more likely get an answer if you
: post to the VB6 ngs (microsoft.public.vb.*).
:
: --
: Herfried K. Wagner
: MVP · VB Classic, VB.NET
: http://www.mvps.org/dotnet
:
:

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

Hello,

"Tom Spink" <th**********@ntlworld.com> schrieb:

: You will more likely get an answer if you
: post to the VB6 ngs (microsoft.public.vb.*).

JFYI: Doubtful. I believe there was a thread about this that involved
on-screen character recognition. Yuk.

I remembered that.

--
Herfried K. Wagner
MVP · VB Classic, VB.NET
http://www.mvps.org/dotnet