how to get external application controls handle (hWnd) and name ? (VB.NET)

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Dear members, hi to all..

First to be thanks all your wrotes, solutions..

But i can't find to answer..

i have got to process name, processID, main window hWnd, Menu hWnd of
external application. But how to get Button, Listbox, textbox or etc. controls handles or name ?

Where i will begin to..?

Example : FindWindowEx, AccessibleObjectFromPoint, AccessibleObjectFromEvent, AccessibleObjectFromWindow etc..

Please help me for methods or write to sample code piece ?

thanks advance and best regards.

Posted 3-Feb-11 7:24am

Enis CIFTCI

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have you tried looking at the msdn forums?

Posted 3-Feb-11 14:24pm

vlad781

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Henry Minute, thank you too for your redirect and your reply.
vlad781, yes i look to msdn but i can't understand, and where i'll begin the code. Therefore i asked you. Thank you for your reply.

i love codeproject..

Posted 4-Feb-11 7:22am

Enis CIFTCI

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Henry Minute · Accepted Answer · 2011-02-03T12:49:00

Solution 1

Take a look at this thread[^], which has a VB.NET solution using the FindWindow() API call to get the handle of the Application, then FindWindowEx() to get the control on that application. Note that it is sensitive to the ClassName parameter case.

Posted 3-Feb-11 12:49pm

Henry Minute