_A Supreme Window API Tutorial Part 2 ****

' *** IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT YOU READ MY FIRST WINDOW API TUTORIAL ON PSC FIRST! *** '
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http://www.pscode.com/vb/scripts/ShowCode.asp?txtCodeId=42126&lngWId=1<br>
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Anyway, the findwindowex API lookes something like this:
 FindWindowEx (ByVal hWnd1 As Long, ByVal hWnd2 As Long, ByVal lpsz1 As String, ByVal lpsz2 As String) As Long
Well, the first hwnd (window) parameter deals with the main window you are searching on, and THE SECOND deals with multiple 
controls. How is that? Well, you would put the window handle of a previous control in that so it will conviently skip that control. In other 
words, when you have the window handle of another control already, just include it in that so it would get the data from that control, but 
rather the control you want it to. 
I HAVE INCLUDED FILES (SOURCE EXAMPLES) with this tutorial, so download them please :-).
I included the source for a quick pure Win32 c++ app to use as an example, but I also included a vb example program (All you really need 
is a program that has three textboxes on it, but vb has wierd class names like thunderedit and all that, where as c++ has the standard 
"Edit" class name that we see in all other programs written in pure Win32 Languages (Like notepad etc). We will use this for an example. 
This code will refer to that program, so you must have the downloaded and open when running our vb code!
Ok, my source is WELL commented, so just take it from there. I have included both the source to this and the c++ program.
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' DECLARE FindWindow,FindWindowEx, SendMessage, and then WM_GETTEXT
' Now, this should be pretty familiar to you (other than the second hwnd param).
' If it doesn't then you should download and read my first window tutorial on PSC
' It is named A Supreme Window Tutorial. (Just search for supreme)
' -- Jaime Muscatelli
' webmaster@jaimemuscatelli.zzn.com
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Private Sub cmdretrieve_Click()
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Dim lMainHwnd As Long
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Dim lEdit1 As Long
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Dim lEdit2 As Long
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Dim lEdit3 As Long
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'Yes, these are buffers/pointers. If you don't know what they are, then read my first tutorial
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Dim sEdit1 As String * 256
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Dim sEdit2 As String * 256
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Dim sEdit3 As String * 256
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lMainHwnd = FindWindow("MTBExample", "Multiple 
TextBox Example")
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'The Main window. Notice the custom class Name?!?! I Love C++
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lEdit1 = FindWindowEx(lMainHwnd, 0&, "Edit", vbNullString)
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' The first textbox. Nothing New here
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lEdit2 = FindWindowEx(lMainHwnd, lEdit1, "Edit", vbNullString)
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' Now this is where it gets interesting. See the second HWND param? It has the
' first textbox hwnd in it. Just like I said, include the first textbox hwnd
' so it will skip that window and go to the next window! :-)
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lEdit3 = FindWindowEx(lMainHwnd, lEdit2, "Edit", vbNullString)
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' Same process here, except we included the second textbox (Which has the first in it!)
' This is like a spider chart. The second includes the first, so the third will be found!
' Now this should be familiar (Again, if not, go to my first tutorial)
' It is just simple data retrieval
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If lEdit3 Then
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SendMessageString lEdit1, WM_GETTEXT, 256, sEdit1
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SendMessageString lEdit2, WM_GETTEXT, 256, sEdit2
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SendMessageString lEdit3, WM_GETTEXT, 256, sEdit3
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txtEdit1.Text = sEdit1
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txtEdit2.Text = sEdit2
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txtEdit3.Text = sEdit3
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MsgBox "All Done"
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Else
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MsgBox "It isn't finding the window, check and see if the program is running..."
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End If
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vote for me, and check out my first tutorial and my other tutorials.
' If you are interested in learning c++, see my exclusive tutorial on PSC that is a vb to c++ tutorial. Just search for vb to c++ or something 
(or go to the "All submissions by this author").