Editing an application dialog at runtime - Possible?

Hey Everyone,

I know resource editors can modify application dialogs properties etc and save them back to the files (EXE, DLL, etc), but is there a way to do this at run time?

For example, an application is being dumb and disabling a text field where a username is entered. Because I can't change the username, I can't login and the username pre-populated in this disabled field can't be manipulated.

If I edit the resource files for that dialog I can see that it starts off as enabled, but through the course of running, it gets disabled by the software.

Is there any "spy" software that can scan a dialogs control and change the properties at runtime?

 

Cheat Engine and some work.

 

Another two here:

http://www.raymond.cc/blog/archives/2008/05/24/how-to-enable-and-access-disabled-grayed-out-buttons-windows-and-checkboxes/

TurnItOn and DM2