I am unable to figure out why I can use Spy++ to get handle, window class etc of some windows application. For example, iexplore.exe, it just doesn't work on url text box or any text, edit box area if any in the page loaded; there are also windows application I get only the outer layer's properties whereas its internal buttons, textbox or combox are inaccessible. In these applications what should I do to reach them ? Thank you :)
These programs use windowless controls.
Instead of using standard Windows controls, they draw and process everything themselves within one giant container.
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I have a simple login screen windows form application and I am controlling that application through an adapter now i want to find the coordinates of the textboxes and button, I tried using the coordinates after right clicking the textbox control and picking the location from its property but it did not work. So i want to find the proper location, as windows form application form size can be changed during the run-time. So, how can i find the windows form coordinates.
I have tried using the coordinates provided in the properties of the textbox and button controls but those did not work.
IntPtr childHwnd = Win32API.FindWindowByPosition(ptr, new Point(intFirstNameCoordX,intFirstNameCoordY));
This is how i want to find the window.
I want to find the textbox and buttons position in windows form. I was googling and found some Spy++ tool but i am not sure if that is what i require and if it is then can anyone please guide me how i can use it to find the position in a simple window form application.
OK, I can see that you are using WinApi functions, so I won't go deeper into that, just give you some idea.
First, you can get the main window handle. You can get the handle by process (enum process windows) or by it's caption. If you want to get the handle by caption you can use FindWindow
This handle is the window handle. Next, you can enum it's child windows - for example panels or other controls, using EnumChildWindows
Now the rest depends on your GUI architecture. You may have edits and buttons in panels, so you will have to search for child windows of that panel. You may have controls just put on your main window - so you just search for child controls of that window.
Next, when you find the control, you're interested in, you can get more info, using for example GetWindowRect
I want to be able to access an application and be able to access the buttons on the forms. I have looked into user32.dll and spy++ but what I found is that this method can only access winform windows. I want to be able to access by clicking on their buttons and getting their text. Is there a simple way of doing this or are programs these programs programmatically inaccessible?
I have tried inspecting this window using Inspect.exe provided on Windows' 8.1 Software Development Kit Testing Tools. I couldn't seem to identify the control handle for this huge rich textbox like control. I could however get the control handle of the edit box below the textbox. I was hoping I could talk directly to the control and use a library such as WindowScrape to get the text.
I believe the external program is created in VC++ . If that helps.
This is the window. I am trying to get text from that is boxed in red color. This is a chat window , messages come in every 5 to 10 seconds. This box scrolls automatically. I want to tail through the text and get the latest message.
Is there any other way to accomplish this?
Tesseract maybe, but I do not know where to start to monitor a specific position relative to the window. So that when I move the window it will still be able to monitor that window.
Can you provide a screenshot of Inspect results showing both the tree and details panes while selecting the chat box?
I am working on a Kiosk application. There is a Maintenance mode in my application. When my application enters into Maintenance mode, i want to show the user a watermark "Maintenance Mode Commenced".
I want this watermark to be shown through out my desktop. No matter what form is in focus. Is this possible ? Any ideas....
Note : This is Windows application using c#
If your OS is Vista or Win7, can't you make a create a window that toplevel + translucent + maximized? Then the entire screen can say "MAINTENANCE MODE" in large friendly letters.
Here's some C# code that might help. I think what you want to do is called "alpha blending". (Haven't done it myself.)
Here's some more.
This may be best, I'm not positive.
attach to the paint event of each form (maybe create a base form for all other forms to inherit)
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.control.paint.aspx
you can draw your image using the graphics object provided in the handler.
Take a look at the first answer with code here:
http://bytes.com/topic/net/answers/118600-how-eliminate-tiling-windows-forms-background-images
For instance, I have an application that has a main window and then child windows inside of it.
http://screenshots.rd.to/sn/e3hek/sapienfullwindow.png
http://screenshots.rd.to/sn/e3hek/appscreen8.png
What i need is to grab each individual child window of that application, and display them as tabs in my application, or on a panel's handle.
I already have code to kidnap the application and put it into mine, and it works great.
MDI support is already present in the C#. So the first screenshot is using the MDI option.
The second screenshot is using tabbed windows. Now you have two options:
Use this opensource library DockPanelSuite which will let you have tabs in your application. something similar to visual studio interface. You can create forms and then tab it based on your needs. You can even dock them anywhere in the parent form by drag and drop. Just like in visual studio.
The second option is to create a form with tab control covering the whole windows. There you create tabs using the resource editor and hide/show based on the forms you want to display to the end user.
In my opinion, use the first option which gives you lot more customization. Also if you use the dockpanel, you can switch between the views shown in your first screenshot and second one. So user has better control as to how he wants to view. Dockpanel is free to use even in commerical apps and comes with source code. So you can either use the dll or directly incorporate the code in your application.