Getting a handle to a child window object. 1

[TheInsider]

Hi,
I am using Access 97 with some Windows API calls. I would like to use the GetWindowText and SetWindowText methods, however I have no idea how to get the handle to the child windows, mainly the Textbox. In Visual Basic 6 the Textbox has a .hWnd property, but Access does not. The only objects that I can get the handle to are the form ie. Me.hWnd - for which this property does exist, or the Application itself. Any ideas?
Thanks in advance, Rob Marriott
rob@career-connections.net

 

[RickSpr]

Access controls don't have a window handle, except during the time they are focused. When they're not, they're not real child windows at all; Access renders them as bitmap images on the form (MDI child) window. This saves GDI resources. When they receive the focus, Access creates real Windows controls "on the fly" to interact with the user. So I'm afraid what you want to do is impossible. Rick Sprague

 

[TheInsider]

Hi,
Thank you for this information!!! I would never have thought that Access works that way - though it doesn't surprise me. Rob Marriott
rob@career-connections.net