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How to find a main or a child window

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Submitted on: 8/22/2006 12:40:30 PM
By: Caragea Silviu 
Level: Intermediate
User Rating: Unrated
Compatibility: C++ (general), Microsoft Visual C++, Borland C++
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     Shows you how to get a handler to a window of another aplication and how to enum all its component!!(childs)

 
 
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#include <windows.h>
BOOL CALLBACK WindowEnumProc(HWND,LPARAM);

int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
//search for the main window
//FindWindow(class,caption)
HWND Hwnd = FindWindow(NULL,"Window Caption");
//enum all child windows of the main window
EnumChildWindows(Hwnd,WindowEnumProc,NULL);

return 0;
}
BOOL CALLBACK WindowEnumProc(HWND hwnd, LPARAM lParam)
{
char WinName[256];
GetWindowText(hwnd,WinName,sizeof(WinName));
//try to find a component with Ok caption
if (strcmp(WinName,"OK")==0)
{
//change the component caption!
SendMessage(hwnd,WM_SETTEXT,0,(LPARAM)(LPCTSTR)"Change by silviudog");
}

return TRUE;
}


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