Is it possible to read the text contents of another program's window? In C one can use hwnd handle to manage a window, does Java offer any similar support?
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Reading contents of another window
Is it possible to read the text contents of another program's window? In C one can use hwnd handle to manage a window, does Java offer any similar support?
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Re: Reading contents of another window
No, you can't write spyware in Java.
db
Re: Reading contents of another window
Who said anything about spyware? I just it need for a monitoring tool.Originally Posted by Darryl.Burke
So this isn't possible in java?
Re: Reading contents of another window
Any access to a program in a way that it wasn't designed for and for which it doesn't expose a public API qualifies as spyware. Many monitoring tools are in fact spyware.
And regardless of what name you give it, you can't write spyware in Java. At least, not without going through the extremely complicated and roundabout -- and unreliable -- route of screen captures and OCR. And before you ask, no, there isn't an open source Java OCR implementation I know of.
db
Re: Reading contents of another window
Okay.
I'll ask something else then. Is there a way to monitor system calls? More specifically can I know which files a program is using at a certain time? (by monitoring the read call)
Re: Reading contents of another window
Spammer WPThomas reported.
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Re: Reading contents of another window
Was I supposed to understand something from this?
Re: Reading contents of another window
No. A spammer tried to highjack your post. Darryl.Burke reported him/her and their post was deleted.Was I supposed to understand something from this?
Re: Reading contents of another window
Yup. Would be nice if they deleted the post reporting spam at the same time (that's what they do over at the Oracle forums)
And thanks to the Admins for deleting the spam!
db
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