The reason that you want to find the main window info first, is to find the text box (RichEdit20A), which is a child of the main chat window. You would be hard pressed to find the text box and post text to it without the parent info. If you just search for a RichEdit20A control, there is nothing to let you know which one you found… If you find the parrent (using the window class and name), then you know that the child is correct and that the text will post to the correct room.
That being said, the example that loco posted that is causing some confusion, looks like it is for paltalk v9. Code for paltalk v8.x would look like the following:
Dim mywindowclass As Long
mywindowclass = FindWindow("my window class", vbNullString)
Now to really make this code useful, the “vbNullString” should be replaced with the window caption(example:”Paltalk Help Lobby 1 – Voice Room” would find the chat room for Paltalk Help Lobby 1 – Voice Room if that room was open)
Also it should be noted that the code samples that are posted by loco are for use with VB6. If you are using a newer version of VB, the syntax will have to be modified to reflect the changes.
Hope this helps to clear things up
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