finding program task ID for an application

[grossd]

Hello,

In a VB macro when running a new application via the Shell command a program task ID is returned, which can in turn be used to activate the application and send keys to it.

1. Is it possible to find the program task ID of an already running application?

2. Is it possible to capture the contents of a control of another application via some windows API calls, when a user would click on that control.

 

[robk54]

1. use the findwindow api then the GetWindowThreadProcessId api - refer Q242308 from MS

2. I would start with spy++ to get the handle of the control & take it from there

take a look at

http://www.visualbasicexpert.com

this should help


Rob