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If it were just a normal window, as opposed to a list, I believe you'd be
able to read the text using the GetWindowText API. I have been able to use
tha in the past without any trouble, although not with list controls.


Good luck!!


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S.R. Heller <srheller@oz.net> wrote in message
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> I'm trying to get text from the 'Message List Pane' of the Forte Agent
> newsreader (specifically the Subject of a given message in the list: my
idea
> is to iterate through the messages in the list, grabbing the subject from
> each). I've got a handle to the window, which is described by WinSight as
> 'OwlWindow' (class) and 'ListBrowser' (window title). It appears to be a
> ListView.
>
> I can successfully send WM_X messages to set the focus or send keystrokes,
> but LVM messsages all fail. ListView_GetItemCount(Hwnd) always returns '0'
> no matter how many messages are in the list. Sending the message
> LVM_GETCOLUMNWIDTH always returns '1', no matter the width of the columns,
> and though it should return '0' for a failure. I also tried various LB
> messages. I'd say the root of the problem is that I don't know what the
heck
> this window is. It looks like a ListView, but I'm wondering if it is some
> sort of custom control cooked up with OWL, in which case -- what can I do?
>
> Setting aside the problems of getting data out of someone else's
> application, which I think I understand, is there any way to get strings
out
> of a windowed control, without knowing or apparently being able to
determine
> what type of control it is?
>
> Steve H.
>