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Asked: 2026-05-24T12:37:31+00:00

I’m working on a screen reader and I need to get the word under

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I’m working on a screen reader and I need to get the word under the caret. After googling and also searching similar questions here, I found the only ways are either using OCR, or using autoit. I found how to get the word using autoit, but it needs the function GuiEdit.au3. In autoit I can do this by just using “include “, but how about c#. I added AutoItX3Lib to the references, but how about including the function?

In short: how to use pre-written autoit functions in c# after adding the AutoItX3Lib.dll?

Thanks for any help and let me know if anything is unclear. 🙂

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    You can try this .NET wrapper: http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/topic/39017-net-wrapper-project/

    Or you can open the “Project->add reference” dialog in Visual Studio, and add a COM reference (click the COM tab) to AutoITX. You should then be able to use the DLL functions through P/Invoke or writing a managed wrapper. If you need guidance on using P/Invoke or writing a managed wrapper… It’s a bit tough, but if you’re motivated you can do it (I have), but it requires you to learn a bit of C++.

    http://ondotnet.com/pub/a/dotnet/2004/03/29/mcpp_part3.html
    http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa719104(v=vs.71).aspx

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