Get Menu Item Text from other app

David Engler

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Sep 4, 2008, 2:48:29 PM9/4/08

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Hi,

I'm using SendMessage(WM_GETTEXT,...) to get text of controls from another
application, but seems to have problem with menus.

What I have is the handler to the menu, and the point on the screen where
the menu item appears.

Thank you

AliR (VC++ MVP)

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Sep 4, 2008, 3:19:41 PM9/4/08

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I don't see how the screen coordinates of the item will help anything, but
have you tried calling GetMenuItemInfo?

AliR.

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Jeffrey Tan[MSFT]

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Sep 5, 2008, 5:46:24 AM9/5/08

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Hi David,

I am curious how do you get the menu handle of another application? I am
not sure if menu handle works across process boundary(as you may know, the
kernel handle does not work across process boundary). But if you could tell
us how you get the handle of another application, I think we can understand
it and help you better.

Thanks.

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David Ching

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Sep 5, 2008, 9:13:14 PM9/5/08

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"David Engler" <dav...@cpvegas.com> wrote in message
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The menu handle won't do you any good, but you can use the point and call
WindowFromPoint() to get the HWND. Since the menu is a topmost window, you
should receive the menu window, and not any other window that covers the
same location.

I don't know what the menu will return when you send the WM_GETTEXT, but
give it a shot.

-- David

Jeffrey Tan[MSFT]

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Sep 10, 2008, 11:25:10 PM9/10/08

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Hi David ,

How about this issue now? Have you reviewed our replies to you? If you
still need any help, please feel free to feedback, thanks.

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Jeffrey Tan
Microsoft Online Community Support

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