Java Help - is it possible to read information off the desktop and send it to java ?

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is it possible to read information off the desktop and send it to java ?

vesper8

2006-07-20, 6:42 pm

Hello. I am wondering if it's possible with Java to read information off the screen and send it to a java listener to be interpreted.

information such as comparable images (ie images that you can match with an image you already posess in order to classify it) or simply text.. or colors

ie could I say for exemple be "listening" at a certain coordinate say 560x760 and whenever that pixel turns a certain color than that activates a function and sends it the color data.

or I could be listening for any changes in a small box and whenever that area changes it copy/pastes its contents to be interpreted or compared

I know this is all pretty advanced.. and obviously it can be done but perhaps not with java but I'm hoping someone knows if it can and could give me a pointer like a link so I can read up on it and learn how to do it.

thanks for you help in any case

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