Getting edit box text.

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From: Bogdan
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2004 12:39

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 How can I obtain the text inside an edit box that is not in my application.
 GetWindowText() retrieves the text by sending a WM_GETTEXT message,
and does not work for edit boxes outside the calling application.
 I know it can be done, but i don't know what API's to use.

Bogdan.

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