You programatically move the mose over the icon, wait until the tool tip displays, use a screen capture program to grab the screen shot and then send the jpg through an ocr package to read the strength. *g*

Or maybe use this .Net service http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnnetcomp/html/build_wifi_discover_app_netcf2.asp

>You may be right - but only he knows. :)