Option Explicit
 
Private Declare Function FindWindow Lib "user32" Alias "FindWindowA" (ByVal _
  lpClassName As String, ByVal lpWindowName As String) As Long
Private Declare Function FindWindowEx Lib "user32" Alias "FindWindowExA" (ByVal _
hWnd1 As Long, ByVal hWnd2 As Long, ByVal lpsz1 As String, ByVal lpsz2 As _
String) As Long
Private Declare Function SendMessage Lib "user32" Alias "SendMessageA" (ByVal _
HWND As Long, ByVal wMsg As Long, ByVal wParam As Long, lParam As Any) As Long
 
Private parentHWND As Long
Private ChildHWND
Private text As String
Private textlength As Long
 
Private Const WM_GETTEXT = &HD
Private Const WM_GETTEXTLENGTH = &HE
 
 
Private Sub Command1_Click()
parentHWND = FindWindow("Solitaire", vbNullString)
ChildHWND = FindWindowEx(parentHWND, 0&, "Stat", vbNullString)
textlength = SendMessage(ChildHWND, WM_GETTEXTLENGTH, 0&, 0&)
text = String$(textlength, vbNullChar)
Call SendMessage(ChildHWND, WM_GETTEXT, textlength + 1, ByVal text)
MsgBox text
End Sub