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#211 get_window_text can not get the text of another application

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wont-fix
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2025-08-23
2022-08-12
Anonymous
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from twapi:
get_window_text HWIN
Gets the title of a window or the text associated with a control. In the latter case, the control must belong to the same application.

but autohotkey(https://www.autohotkey.com) can get the text of another application

I don't want drive autohotkey to do the work, I only want do this by Tcl.
I study a lot, may be we can use the raw window's API of SendMessageTimeout of twapi to do this work. but I know a little C language, and know nothing about Window's SDK, anyone can help me?

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  • Ashok P. Nadkarni

    • Description has changed:

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     from twapi:
        get_window_text HWIN
          Gets the title of a window or the text associated with a control. In the latter case, the control must belong to the same application.
    
    • status: open --> wont-fix
     
  • Ashok P. Nadkarni

    Closing as wont-fix because it is not currently possibly with twapi and there are no plans to enhance twapi's key and mouse input or screen scraping functionality in the near future.

     

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