Writing a bot and don't know how to start
This is for Windows.
The issue I have is that I've never used a spy utility before so I really don't know how to pull information like text strings and such from another program. This is especially problematic (I think) because the program in question doesn't use ANY standard ActiveX/Microsoft controls.
To be as specific as possible, the target program has lots of visible text that you can read off the screen. I, however, need the bot to be able to differentiate between different strings so I need to retrieve this text programmatically. I don't know how to do this.
I can write the bot in C or VB, doesn't really make a difference what the language is, I just need to know how to get the information.
Any kind of help is appreciated, even point me to a tutorial if you know of one. I tried googling but couldn't find anything.
The issue I have is that I've never used a spy utility before so I really don't know how to pull information like text strings and such from another program. This is especially problematic (I think) because the program in question doesn't use ANY standard ActiveX/Microsoft controls.
To be as specific as possible, the target program has lots of visible text that you can read off the screen. I, however, need the bot to be able to differentiate between different strings so I need to retrieve this text programmatically. I don't know how to do this.
I can write the bot in C or VB, doesn't really make a difference what the language is, I just need to know how to get the information.
Any kind of help is appreciated, even point me to a tutorial if you know of one. I tried googling but couldn't find anything.
