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From: amanda@mermaid.intercon.com (Amanda Walker)
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Subject: Re: INIT wants to access text in other's window
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Date: 14 Dec 89 23:10:25 GMT
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In article <22362@ut-emx.UUCP>, ifab623@walt.cc.utexas.edu (moon) writes:
> HI!
> 
> I am trying to access the TEHandle in another application's window.
> How does a INIT access TEHandle in a Word or MacWrite text window?
> There is no TEHandle entry in WindowRecord.
> It seems to me I have to patch something.
> Could you tell me how to find the Handle to the text?
> Welcome any advice.  thanks.   s j moon

There's no way to do it, mainly because applications like Word & MacWrite
don't use TextEdit at all.  They use their own text editing routines.

Until IAC (Inter-Application Communication) comes around, there will
be no reasonable way to do this sort of thing.

Amanda Walker
InterCon Systems Corporation
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