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To
create a new ActiveTextBox open the
Administrator window. Double-click the ActiveTextBox icon
on TaskTray with left mouse button to do so.
Select
New ActiveTextBox from Operations
menu. The New ActiveTextBox dialog
window will appear. This window is
always placed atop of other windows.
Left-click
the Finder Tool and point to the needed textbox while holding left mouse button
down (in other words drag the Finder Tool over a textbox). After you start
dragging the Finder Tool both Administrator window and the dialog box will be
hidden. This is done for one single
purpose - to enable you to see the underlying windows. So if the Administrator
window is atop of your target window there is no need to move or resize it. When
the cursor is dragged over a window you can see it's properties. The New
ActiveTextBox dialog window shows:
Executable
module - path to executable
file of an application
Window
module - path to module used by application
Control
ID - special window ID. For applications created with either Borland
Delphi or C++ Builder it is a text string defined by developer in all other
cases it is a number.
Window
class - window class name
Description - some information for you. If this field reads OK - you are over a
registered class textbox, otherwise the field contains an error message.
Press
More info to see the additional properties:
X - horizontal coordinate of the cursor
Y - vertical coordinate of the cursor
Process ID - the unique ID of a process that created the given window
Thread ID - the unique ID of a thread that created the given window
HWND - window handle
If the window class of a textbox matches one of the registered classes in ActiveTextBox
database the cursor changes its shape and color. If it doesn't, the Description
field contains the error message. For more information see Editing
Classes list
Release
the mouse button.
If
the window class matches one of the registered classes and all properties
(executable module, window module, Control ID etc.) are set to acceptable values
the OK button will be enabled.
If
the OK button is disabled and you see error message saying 'the window is not a
textbox' you should register the new class. To do that right away, press Register
class. Class of the window that was under the Finder Tool cursor will then be
automatically added to classes list. After that the OK
button will become enabled. There is no need to drag the cursor over that window
again.
Press
OK in the New
ActiveTextBox dialog window.
If
'Save Textbox's snapshots' option
is set a snapshot of that textbox will be taken. For more information see Program
options/Snapshots tab.
After
that a dialog window will appear that will prompt you to give some description
to that textbox. Sometimes ActiveTextBox can determine the description of
a textbox by itself. To check this add ActiveTextBox to the Find dialog
box of Notepad.exe application (the search string textbox). For more information
see F.A.Q.
Press
OK to enter description.
That's
it!
Now
you can add\remove\modify the text strings, chose sorting method for a list of
text strings etc. For more information see Item
view pane.
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