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Hi..I want to create an application that detects when a button is clicked on
another standalone application.for example if we have ICQ running i want my
program to know which button was pressed there..Anybody havin an idea about
how to get this info?
thanks
Nov 20 '05 #1
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* "Omar Alawna" <om*********@hotmail.com> scripsit:
Hi..I want to create an application that detects when a button is clicked on
another standalone application.for example if we have ICQ running i want my
program to know which button was pressed there..Anybody havin an idea about
how to get this info?


You will have to write a global windows hook. That's an advanced job
and will require a lot of p/invoke. I feel sorry, but I don't have an
example for doing that in .NET.

--
Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]
<http://www.mvps.org/dotnet>
Nov 20 '05 #2

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