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Controlling other opened windows.
How do I set focus on another opened window, e.g. notepad and start sending tabs and keystrokes ? I'm trying to get around the Delphi/400 client installation when keying the QSECOFR's password. I have a few hundred installations ...
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Zif! You did it again! ;-)
You have Windows.SetFocus( HWND ), and you can find the handle of a window, by it's title for example, using FindWindow and GetWindow (look in win32.hlp).
Sending keystrokes is either sending WM_KEYDOWN, WM_CHAR messages using SendMessage, or you have the Keybd_event function, which is the best thing to use here (set the focus first).
BWT what's QSECOFR, or whatever you mean?
Sending keystrokes is either sending WM_KEYDOWN, WM_CHAR messages using SendMessage, or you have the Keybd_event function, which is the best thing to use here (set the focus first).
BWT what's QSECOFR, or whatever you mean?
Have a look in the Extras\SendKeys directory on the Delphi CD. SendKeys.pas has an AppActivate routine where you supply a window name.
Also, there is SendKeys which takes a string, and a boolean wait value.
Might be just what you're looking for.
Cheers,
Phil.
Also, there is SendKeys which takes a string, and a boolean wait value.
Might be just what you're looking for.
Cheers,
Phil.
I would prefer just sending WM_CHAR/WM_KEYDOWN/WM_KEYU
Regards, Madshi.
Regards, Madshi.
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Forgot to mention that I'm really new to Delphi 3/Win32 API programming. I would appreciate some kind of roadmap on this.
Much appeciated the help and Merry Christmas!
Much appeciated the help and Merry Christmas!
API is something that we aren't suppose to like much, but we have to learn to live with it.
API is based on handles and messages, which are simple constant numbers. Every object has it's handle (index), and you can access it with this handle, using API functions. These functions are simple DLL extracts, that are commonally used by all windows programming tools.
The best thing to do is register (free) in the MSDN, or use the SDK, which is mostly just Win32.HLP. You can find almost all documentation in there, though on MS site it's more organized and updated. (http://premium.microsoft.com/msdn/library/).
--Matvey
API is based on handles and messages, which are simple constant numbers. Every object has it's handle (index), and you can access it with this handle, using API functions. These functions are simple DLL extracts, that are commonally used by all windows programming tools.
The best thing to do is register (free) in the MSDN, or use the SDK, which is mostly just Win32.HLP. You can find almost all documentation in there, though on MS site it's more organized and updated. (http://premium.microsoft.com/msdn/library/).
--Matvey
Marry Christmass!
In Windows 98, if your program that you activated is in reality NOT activated, but only blinking in the taskbar try :
SetWindowPos(Handle, HWND_TOPMOST,
0, 0, 0, 0, SWP_NOMOVE or SWP_NOSIZE);
SetWindowPos(Handle, HWND_NOTOPMOST,
0, 0, 0, 0, SWP_NOMOVE or SWP_NOSIZE);
it works for me.
SetWindowPos(Handle, HWND_TOPMOST,
0, 0, 0, 0, SWP_NOMOVE or SWP_NOSIZE);
SetWindowPos(Handle, HWND_NOTOPMOST,
0, 0, 0, 0, SWP_NOMOVE or SWP_NOSIZE);
it works for me.
Sending keystrokes is either sending WM_KEYDOWN, WM_CHAR messages using SendMessage, or you have the Keybd_event function, which is the best thing to use here (set the focus first).
BWT what's QSECOFR, or whatever you mean?