How do I get text from a MFC view (I think) in another app?

[ehmann]

I think its a MFC view that I am dealing with. The class name is "Afx:400000:20". I have the hWnd of the control. I tried all sorts of GetWindowText, SendMessage(various things), all to no avail. It looks like the target control is a listed view of some sort. I can select various entries and copy them to the clipboard. I'd rather not employ copy-n-paste to read the contents of the control. And I'd rather not hook the app if I don't have to. I suspect that if I send the correct SendMessage, I should be able to get back the desired text.

I am fairly new to this stuff but I have read quite a bit and can't find an answer. Anybody have any ideas?

Or, at least can someone explain to me how I can figure out how the control was created?

 

[tchouch]

May be it will work with EM_STREAMOUT?