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get the wincontrol under the mouse (system wide)

hi, i'm trying to identify the wincontrol that is under the mouse at any given time, for example: the caption, the scrollbar, a button, a form, etc.
i know how to do it locally, meaning in my own application with my own form and components, the thing is that i need to be able to do the same systemwide, if i move the mouse over the desktop then it should return "desktop" (or whatever the name is for the desktop object), etc.

the application that i am writing has already a mouse hook and i know where the mouse is at any given time.

any ideas? a code snippet would be great

thanks

ZhaawZ

Use WindowFromPoint() to get handle of a control under the mouse cursor.
Then use GetClassName() to get class name of control (handle).
You may also use GetWindowText() or SendMessage() with wm_gettext as msg parameter to get caption/text of a control.

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Eddie Shipman

I wrote a clone of Win32Spy in delphi. I will post it later this evening.

urif

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sorry for the delay, i was not able to access the internet.
thanks so much for the help!

ZhaawZ

Eddie Shipman

Go to Customer Service and ask that points be shifted to ZhaawZ.
I could not find my code and thus have not posted it and do not
deserve the points.

urif

ASKER

oops! so sorry, i already sent the request.

i thought that i gave the points to ZhaawZ but i guess i pressed the wrong button, again sorry.
hopefully the point will be passed onto ZhaawZ

ZhaawZ

Thanks..

Eddie Shipman

I finally found my code, I posted it here:

http://www.delphipages.com/result.cfm?ID=5330