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GetWindowText is a highly portable utility designed to extract text from diverse window controls, including Edit, Static, Groupbox. It also supports reading content from directory trees and list views, offering comprehensive text retrieval.

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GetWindowText 0/1
  • Pros

    • Extremely small and portable application.
    • Reads text from various standard window controls.
    • Extracts full content from directory trees (SysTreeView32).
    • Extracts full content from list views (SysListView32).
    • Simple drag-and-hover mechanism for text capture.
    • Supports nearly all text types within controls.
  • Cons

    • No direct mention of saving or exporting extracted text.
    • Lacks specific functionality for copying text to clipboard.
    • Does not provide advanced text processing capabilities.
    • Limited to on-demand capture, no batch processing.
    • No indication of customization options for text retrieval.

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Full Specifications

GENERAL
Release
Latest update
Version
2.32
OPERATING SYSTEMS
Platform
Windows
Operating System
  • Windows 2003
  • Windows Server
  • Windows 2000
  • Windows Vista
  • Windows NT
  • Windows 7
  • Windows 10
  • Windows ME
  • Windows XP
  • Windows 8
Additional Requirements
None
POPULARITY
Total Downloads
1,854
Downloads Last Week
0

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Read the window text, view directory tree, and list.

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