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Hi everyone,

I'm working on a project where I have to do the following.,..

1. Auto Copy what is in a window (regular text)
2. Paste the content to a file I created
3. As soon as the information goes away, new information arrives so the process of copy and past will re-peat itself.

What I need is for someone to direct me in the right direction.

Thanks in advance

Al

SetTimer to create a timer to check for changes regularly, ControlGetText (if you are lucky) to get the text, and FileAppend to append the result to a file if it is different from the previous result.

HTH

Hi, thanks for the info...

I've been doing lots of research about ControlGetText and see that many are having problems getting it to work... you seem to allude to that as well...

What I can't find is a basic example of it in the works. In my case I'll be using window spy (from what I read) along with ControlGetText. Is there an example you could direct me to that would help me understand how it works? The documentation gives alot of jargon that I don't quit understand. With other commands I was able to understand how they work because they they attach examples... ControlGetText does not have an example....

Well, it depends heavily on the kind of control you are trying to access. If the Window Spy shows the text you want, you should be able to get it with ControlGetText. If it doesn't, post the class of the control you can find with Window Spy.