How do I extract the coordinates of textfields in an application.

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I have an applicaiton which monitors other applicaiton like notifying the users about their state changes etc.
Is there a way by which i can get the coordinates of the components (like textfields, labels) of a wpf application at the monitoring applciaiton?

Posted 29-Apr-14 3:25am

Dhanush Shetty

Updated 29-Apr-14 3:26am

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 29-Apr-14 12:14pm

It really sounds like you planned to do something bad... :-)
—SA

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Answer 1 · 2014-04-29T06:19:00

No, not in general case. Maybe only through image recognition. In particular, if the application to be monitored is WPF, it does not have windowed control at all, so you cannot use, say, raw Windows API to find all children and their coordinate. And, in any technology, it is possible to build "light-weight" control which don't use any common API at all.

Generally, communication with external processes not specifically designed for such collaboration, is just not a good task. Processes are well isolated; they are executed in separate address spaces. The fact some works in this direction is done simply means that people are abusing technology, not using adequate software, by one or another reason. If, for example, you got such requirement from your company, it means that your company or its part is a looser (or a potential loser) trying to do bad business.

—SA