Getting Text from another open application window

[stephen barncard]

Most professional test instruments have some kind of interface - does the
test device have any serial or IEEE interface?    Livecode really can't
grok the data space of another application. The application must provide an
API or some kind of hardware interface.

If it's a Macintosh application, check and see if it has an Applescript
dictionary. You can use the Applescript script editor to examine the app in
question. If there is one, you will see the definitions and can do a  "Do
as Applescript".

For instance, I built a mute button in Livecode to control Skype and iTunes
at the same time.

On 23 January 2012 09:28, Camm <camm29 at tesco.net> wrote:

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> I have a windows (non-livecode) application that displays text data from a
> test instrument , is it possible for livecode to import the displayed data
> realtime for decoding etc.
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> Regards
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> Camm
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