Get text from popup window

Question

I\'m trying to read the text from a popup window.

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Answer 1

You will only be able to read this text programmatically if it is contained in a windowed control. You can easily check this with Spy++. Many GUI frameworks don't use windowed controls for their child controls, or only use windowed controls for some children.

If it is a windowed control then you can identify it by calling GetWindow() and walking the child structure (obviously you need to use the win32gui equivalent).