Hello,

In short: I need to write an application that watches another processes textbox for any changes.

I used one method that used a timer to cross-check the text I copied and the text it the box - but it was really inefficient and resource consuming.

How would I go about writing this? Would I need to write a hook or intercept it's window messages? Can anyone point me in the right direction? Thank you!

Deodorant

Hi Deo,

Have a look at this thread. I think the question is similar to yours.

Regards,
Wole

Use the _TextChanged event of the textbox

Adamus

Even if the textbox belongs to another application?

Hi Deo,

Have a look at this thread. I think the question is similar to yours.

Regards,
Wole

Thanks for the reply, Wole.

That only explained to about getting the text from an edit control on another process (which is what I am doing), but that's only half the battle.

I need a way to notfity my application when the edit control has changed so I'm able to read the last line quickly. I tried using a timer to compare the old text with the new text, but I found out it would miss reading lines if they changed to fast.