Re: Getting Text from another open application window

2012-04-03 Thread Peter W A Wood
Sorry for the delayed reply, just catching up with my mail. It is possible to get text from a window displayed by another applications under Windows as long as the application is using the standard Windows GUI APIs to display data. Doing so requires making calls to the Windows System API so I be

Re: Getting Text from another open application window

2012-01-24 Thread Camm
Thanks , yeah that looks like the only way Regards Camm - Original Message - From: "stephen barncard" To: "How to use LiveCode" Sent: Monday, 23 January, 2012 10:41:21 PM Subject: Re: Getting Text from another open application window I don't think an

Re: Getting Text from another open application window

2012-01-24 Thread Camm
Bob , Thanks No logging which would have worked. Regards Camm - Original Message - From: "Bob Sneidar" To: "How to use LiveCode" Sent: Monday, 23 January, 2012 10:40:58 PM Subject: Re: Getting Text from another open application window I don't believe any

Re: Getting Text from another open application window

2012-01-23 Thread stephen barncard
I don't think any application can do that without an API. On 23 January 2012 12:06, Camm wrote: > It a Windows based app. > The machine is standalone and has no external data connections. > It could be possible via the SDK , but that would mean writing externals. > Are we saying that livecode ca

Re: Getting Text from another open application window

2012-01-23 Thread Bob Sneidar
8:12 > To: How to use LiveCode > Subject: Re: Getting Text from another open application window > > Most professional test instruments have some kind of interface - does the > test device have any serial or IEEE interface?Livecode really can't > grok the data space of anot

RE: Getting Text from another open application window

2012-01-23 Thread Camm
-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of stephen barncard Sent: 23 January 2012 18:12 To: How to use LiveCode Subject: Re: Getting Text from another open application window Most professional test instruments have some kind of interface - does the

Re: Getting Text from another open application window

2012-01-23 Thread stephen barncard
Most professional test instruments have some kind of interface - does the test device have any serial or IEEE interface?Livecode really can't grok the data space of another application. The application must provide an API or some kind of hardware interface. If it's a Macintosh application, che