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You could try using UIA , although I doubt it will work for a game’s chat window. If there is a log file the game keeps on your machine that includes chat history, you could monitor that. As a last resort, you might have to use OCR. There are several OCR libraries on the forum. I suppose since you ...

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07 May 2024, 22:22

No, that means ControlGetText won’t work because they’re not using standard Windows controls, which isn’t surprising for a game window.

Ok judging by your amount of posts, and that you’re a moderator
I do t think I have to ask anyone else but is there any alternative way that I can do it?

What you should be checking with Window Spy is whether the chat area of the window has a ClassNN control name. If it does, then try getting the text from that control using ControlGetText . if i hover over the chatbox with my mouse nothing changes over the whole game screen it says ahk_class WINDOW...

i want to make as script that detects when in a game chat(roblox) a certian message with a number is recieved and press a key (the number in chat) times. i have tried windowspy but it doesnt display the text not in windowed not in fullscreen mode. [Mod action: Moved topic to the “Gaming” section.]