GetWindowTextW - can you get it to work?

[SMcNeill]

A working example, plus a few changes which you'll want to make use of:

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DECLARE DYNAMIC LIBRARY "user32"

    FUNCTION GetWindowTextA (BYVAL hWnd AS _OFFSET, lpString AS STRING, BYVAL nMaxCount AS INTEGER)

    FUNCTION GetWindowTextW (BYVAL hWnd AS _OFFSET, lpString AS STRING, BYVAL nMaxCount AS INTEGER)

END DECLARE



DIM Dummy AS INTEGER

DIM n AS STRING * 255



_TITLE "This is a test"

Dummy = GetWindowTextA(_WINDOWHANDLE, n, 255)

PRINT n

Dummy = GetWindowTextW(_WINDOWHANDLE, n, 255)

PRINT n

_DELAY .5

Dummy = GetWindowTextA(_WINDOWHANDLE, n, 255)

PRINT n

Dummy = GetWindowTextW(_WINDOWHANDLE, n, 255)

PRINT n

Note that since this is a Windows call, you'll need a delay after the _TITLE to give the OS time to update things to return the proper title for you.

Also note that I'm passing an _OFFSET and not an _INTEGER64.

And you can see the difference in A and W function calls here.

Also notice the STRING * 255 here.