teknomage Posted April 2, 2009 Share Posted April 2, 2009 Hi! I'm new here, although I have been coding with AutoIT for the past 6 months. I need help with an idea I have in mind. I am writing an application in AutoIT to capture text from a third-party program that does not use standard Windows controls. So, when I use Au3 Info, none of the text on that program shows up under Visible text nor Hidden text. From what I've gathered so far, I understand that creating hooks to capture text from API functions such as DrawText, ExtTextOut, etc is the best way to go.My question is this: is it not possible to create hooks within my AutoIT exe in order to capture text from the third-party program, rather than creating a DLL in some other language and then calling it from my AutoIT exe?? I've managed to find a couple of neat examples on how to do this for the TextOut API function but the code is in PowerBASIC. And I havent the foggiest idea as to how I can translate PowerBASIC into AutoIT. If anyone's interested, the PowerBASIC examples can be found here:http://www.powerbasic.com/support/pbforums...ead.php?t=23093http://www.powerbasic.com/support/pbforums...ead.php?t=21331If there's someone here who can shining a guiding light or provide a few AutoIT code snippets, I'd be most grateful. Thanx in advance!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProgAndy Posted April 2, 2009 Share Posted April 2, 2009 (edited) To hook functions in external applications, you need a DLL. Since AutoIt can't be compiled as DLL, this it not possible to install a hook in an external appliaction. You always need a DLL in another language. What you can do in AutoIt is to inject the e.g. powerbasic-DLl into another process and receive messages from it.//Edit: Here is an example: http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=87240 Edited April 2, 2009 by ProgAndy *GERMAN* [note: you are not allowed to remove author / modified info from my UDFs]My UDFs:[_SetImageBinaryToCtrl] [_TaskDialog] [AutoItObject] [Animated GIF (GDI+)] [ClipPut for Image] [FreeImage] [GDI32 UDFs] [GDIPlus Progressbar] [Hotkey-Selector] [Multiline Inputbox] [MySQL without ODBC] [RichEdit UDFs] [SpeechAPI Example] [WinHTTP]UDFs included in AutoIt: FTP_Ex (as FTPEx), _WinAPI_SetLayeredWindowAttributes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deito Posted October 27, 2010 Share Posted October 27, 2010 Trying to get a text from a non standard component. One way textout hook. Has anyone tried to connect third-party dll? For example DLL written in Power Basic... Maybe all the same through the Autoit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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