Wanted: 5-10 min program.

[Suthern]

First off, I've only taken an introductory class to programming, and only did some java.

I'm looking for a small program that will take text out of a certain window, and paste it to the clipboard whenever the original window has text added to it.

Meaning, if I'm in ICQ, AIM, or another chat program, I could sit looking at a live clipboard monitor, and watch my chat progress.
The reason this is useful is becouse I have a couple text-speech programs that automatically read any text pasted to the clipboard.

This program could be VERY simple. It only needs a window, and 1 field. in that field, I would type the window class/name, and then press ok.

How long would it take to make a program that would do the above?

-Suthern

 

[Suthern]

I didn't think this would be that hard of a program to make... guess I was wrong.


-Suthern

 

[rbobbitt]

The only question you asked was how long it would take. This depends greatly on your degree of comfort with C and the Windows API. If you have a working knowledge of C, Windows programming and Windows hooks, then this amounts to an afternoon project.

Since you seem to be unfamiliar with both of these, here are some good books in both areas:

The C Programming Language
by Brian W. Kernighan, Dennis M. Ritchie
ISBN: 0131103628

Programming Windows, The Definitive Guide to the Win32 API
by Charles Petzold
ISBN: 157231995X
Russ
bobbitts@hotmail.com

http://home.earthlink.net/~bobbitts

 

[hoggbottom59]

Perhaps he is actually asking you to write it for him?

59Hoggbottom.

 

[Suthern]

Actually, I was hopeing someone would kindly write one up for me TY for the book titles though, I might have a look.

-Suthern