[python-win32] how to get the statusbar text of a window?

[Alec Bennett]

I'm trying to read the statusbar text of a window under Python. I'm guessing win32gui is the way to go, and thought the GetWindowText function was promising, but alas I can't get it to return anything other than the text of the titlebar.

Can anyone think of any clever ways to do this?

Here's the docs to win32gui fyi:

http://docs.activestate.com/activepython/2.4/pywin32/win32gui.html