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In C#, how can I grab the selected text from any software?

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Babylon Text Select

Like Babylon. When you click on a word, it grabs the text. How can I do this? Thanks.

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One way is Accessibility API, which will only work for applications that support screen readers. In C# you can use Managed Winapi for this, start at the SystemAccessibleObject class...

I think Babylon uses OCR on the displayed image, which works well as long as you use a standard font at standard sizes.

mihi  2009-07-31 18:46:20
Okay, thanks. So I should use SystemAccessibleObject.FromPoint and the cursor position, and then use the Value property?
 2009-07-31 18:57:57
I tried this: System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(1000); MessageBox.Show(ManagedWinapi.Accessibility.SystemAccessibleObject.MouseCursor.Value);but it's not working
 2009-07-31 19:01:26
Yes, start with SystemAccessibleObject.FromPoint, but you will have to check its Type and maybe move up to its parent a few times until you get the value you really want...
mihi  2009-08-01 11:57:42

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