Get selected text

[gzomer]

Hello,

I want to know how can I do the same thing that Babylon translator does when you press ctrl+right click, i.e,  select the word under the mouse icon and get the selected text. Is this possible to do with Labview?

If were possible at least get the selected text, would be a great help.

Thanks

[gzomer]

I forgot to tell that the idea is to get the selected text from another aplications so that I can use his data in LabVIEW.

[smercurio_fc]

It all depends on what this other application is, and what operating system you're running. On Windows the Windows API will allow you to do that, but that involves calling the API via the Call Library Function Node. Questions regarding this and examples have been posted over the years. Alternatives involve using third-party macro tools. Is this something that LabVIEW should be continuously monitoring? In other words, does you app continuously get whatever selected text there may be, and act accordingly?