Cannot find Chrome_OmniboxView using FindWindow

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I cannot find the window Chrome_OmniboxView. I think the name of Chrome maybe change. The code as following cannot work anymore.
Could you please help me?

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hwndChromeMain = FindMainWebBroswer(L"Chrome_WidgetWin_1"); // OK
// get buffer
::SendMessage(hwndChromeMain, WM_GETTEXT, 255, (LPARAM)buffer);  // OK        
// saved buffer
// find chrome child tab
hwndChromeChild = ::FindWindowExW(hwndChromeMain, NULL, L"Chrome_OmniboxView", NULL); // NOT OK

The hwndChromeChild is always NULL.

Posted 2-Jun-15 16:48pm

DangBao

Updated 22-Dec-16 7:29am

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barneyman 2-Jun-15 23:17pm

https://www.google.co.nz/search?q=Chrome_OmniboxView&rlz=1C1CHLW_enAU503AU503&oq=Chrome_OmniboxView&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i61&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=122&ie=UTF-8

it's a known issue, with known solutions

DangBao 2-Jun-15 23:30pm

Thanks barneyman

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KarstenK · Answer 1 · 2015-06-03T08:16:00

Solution 1

if you want to write an extension for Chrome use the official Chrome extension API for best results. And take a look at the Omnibox API. Because there is a lot of illegal use the browsers often change some security solution and so some hacks wont work forever.

Posted 3-Jun-15 8:16am

KarstenK