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    Buyer_SA
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    This is not the full code and will not do anything in this state If you need more of the code ask

    What is MSAA

    @Dim Window_hWnd As IntPtr = FindWindow(Nothing, “Test Application”) ’<=Replace “Test Application”
    Dim MaxTextLength As Integer = SendMessageA(ListOfChild(0), WM_GETTEXTLENGTH, IntPtr.Zero, IntPtr.Zero) + 1
    Dim Pointer As IntPtr = System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.AllocHGlobal(MaxTextLength)
    Dim TextLength As Integer = SendMessageA(ListOfChild(0), WM_GETTEXT, CType(MaxTextLength, IntPtr), Pointer)@

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      Buyer_SA
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      How will you go about it to get the text from Widget

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        giesbert
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        MSAA = Microsoft Accessibility Support
        A posibility to auery windows including their states and children. Qt has support for that, if the app added it. I see no other chance to get text out of a QWidget from outside the process. Default windows API calls will not work (as GetWindowText).

        Nokia Certified Qt Specialist.
        Programming Is Like Sex: One mistake and you have to support it for the rest of your life. (Michael Sinz)

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          Buyer_SA
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          What about something like this

          @Dim widget As Pointer(Of QWidget) = QWidget.find(DirectCast(hwnd, WId))
          Dim listview As Pointer(Of QListView) = DirectCast(widget, QListView)
          Dim model As QAbstractItemModel = listview.model()@

          Or

          using QObject::children() which returns, a list of all the children of any QObject.

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            giesbert
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            As you are in VB, you have no access to Qt Code (thats C++).
            Or what are you trying to do?

            Nokia Certified Qt Specialist.
            Programming Is Like Sex: One mistake and you have to support it for the rest of your life. (Michael Sinz)

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              Buyer_SA
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              Do you have C++ code that can get Qt text for third party Software.

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                giesbert
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                You have no chance to get the text out of third party. Only if it supoports MSAA (Microsoft Active Accessibility). That's what I told you some posts up. But as you suggested to use Pointer(Of QWidget) = QWidget.find(DirectCast(hwnd..., I said that those classes are only for C++.
                But from outside of the process, it's getting difficult. For "normal" Win32 windows classes there are possibilities, but QWidgets do not depend on "normal" Win32 window types.

                So, again: try out using MSAA (search "http://msdn.microsoft.com":http://msdn.microsoft.com for it).

                For examples on how to program that, you can also look at: "http://www.codeproject.com/KB/winsdk/MSAA_UI_Automation.aspx":http://www.codeproject.com/KB/winsdk/MSAA_UI_Automation.aspx

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                Programming Is Like Sex: One mistake and you have to support it for the rest of your life. (Michael Sinz)

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                  pmcfrack
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                  I know this is a rather old post, however, this is the exact problem I am trying to work around. Here is a link to my question: http://developer.qt.nokia.com/forums/viewthread/4402/#26159

                  Does anyone have a work around for this?

                  Thanks!

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                    giesbert
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                    What does getting data from widgets have to do with getting window handles?

                    Nokia Certified Qt Specialist.
                    Programming Is Like Sex: One mistake and you have to support it for the rest of your life. (Michael Sinz)

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                      andre
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                      [quote author="pmcfrack" date="1300306178"]I know this is a rather old post, however, this is the exact problem I am trying to work around. Here is a link to my question: http://developer.qt.nokia.com/forums/viewthread/4402/#26159

                      Does anyone have a work around for this?

                      Thanks![/quote]

                      Perhaps you should start responding in that thread then again? It is not like you did not get any reactions there...

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