Unable to use LVM_GETITEMTEXT without target application crashing in C++

Question

I\'m trying to capture data from a SysListView32 class (according to Spy++) from another application. Sending a LVM_GETITEMCOUNT message to this handle always returns the co

Answer 1

Your problem is that since the list view exists in another process, the memory you allocate is not valid in that other process. I refer you to an article over at The Code Project which offers a solution.

What's more, you do not appear to have allocated any memory for lpText so it would fail in your own process.