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How do I make my program click ok on something like a message box or a form opening on another program like netzero when it says "click here to continue" or other programs and messages?
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Here is what you want to do to set focus to a process that you didn't spawn:
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ADD THIS TO A MODULE:
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Private Const GWL_ID = (-12)
Global ProgHandle As Long
Private Const GW_HWNDNEXT = 2
Private Const GW_CHILD = 5
Declare Function SetFocusAPI Lib "user32" Alias "SetForegroundWindow" _
(ByVal hwnd As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function GetWindow Lib "user32" (ByVal hwnd As Long, _
ByVal wCmd As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function GetWindowLW Lib "user32" Alias "GetWindowLongA" _
(ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal nIndex As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function GetParent Lib "user32" (ByVal hwnd As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function GetClassName Lib "user32" Alias "GetClassNameA" _
(ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal lpClassName As String, ByVal nMaxCount As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function GetWindowText Lib "user32" Alias "GetWindowTextA" _
(ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal lpString As String, ByVal cch As Long) As Long
Declare Function GetDesktopWindow Lib "user32" () As Long
Declare Function GetExitCodeProcess Lib "kernel32" _
(ByVal hProcess As Long, lpExitCode As Long) As Long
Declare Function OpenProcess Lib "kernel32" _
(ByVal dwDesiredAccess As Long, ByVal bInheritHandle As Long, _
ByVal dwProcessId As Long) As Long
Declare Function CloseHandle Lib "kernel32" _
(ByVal hObject As Long) As Long
Declare Function SysSetFocus Lib "user32" Alias "SetFocus" _
(ByVal hwnd As Long) As Long
Function IsActive(hprog) As Long
Dim hProc, RetVal As Long
'hProc = OpenProcess(0, False, hprog)
hProc = OpenProcess(0, hprog, False)
If hProc <> 0 Then GetExitCodeProcess hProc, RetVal
IsActive = (RetVal = 259)
CloseHandle hProc
End Function
Function FindWindowLike(hWndArray() As Variant, ByVal hWndStart As Long, WindowText As String, Classname As String, ID) As Long
Dim hwnd As Long
Dim r As Long
' Hold the level of recursion:
Static level As Long
' Hold the number of matching windows:
Static iFound As Long
Dim sWindowText As String
Dim sClassname As String
Dim sID
' Initialize if necessary:
If level = 0 Then
iFound = 0
ReDim hWndArray(0 To 0)
If hWndStart = 0 Then hWndStart = GetDesktopWindow()
End If
' Increase recursion counter:
level = level + 1
' Get first child window:
hwnd = GetWindow(hWndStart, GW_CHILD)
Do Until hwnd = 0
DoEvents ' Not necessary
' Search children by recursion:
r = FindWindowLike(hWndArray() , hwnd, WindowText, Classname, ID)
' Get the window text and class name:
sWindowText = Space(255)
r = GetWindowText(hwnd, sWindowText, 255)
sWindowText = Left(sWindowText, r)
sClassname = Space(255)
r = GetClassName(hwnd, sClassname, 255)
sClassname = Left(sClassname, r)
' If window is a child get the ID:
If GetParent(hwnd) <> 0 Then
r = GetWindowLW(hwnd, GWL_ID)
sID = CLng("&H" & Hex(r))
Else
sID = Null
End If
' Check that window matches the search parameters:
If sWindowText Like WindowText And sClassname Like Classname Then
If IsNull(ID) Then
' If find a match, increment counter and
' add handle to array:
iFound = iFound + 1
ReDim Preserve hWndArray(0 To iFound)
hWndArray(iFound) = hwnd
ElseIf Not IsNull(sID) Then
If CLng(sID) = CLng(ID) Then
' If find a match increment counter and
' add handle to array:
iFound = iFound + 1
ReDim Preserve hWndArray(0 To iFound)
hWndArray(iFound) = hwnd
End If
End If
End If
' Get next child window:
hwnd = GetWindow(hwnd, GW_HWNDNEXT)
Loop
' Decrement recursion counter:
level = level - 1
' Return the number of windows found:
FindWindowLike = iFound
End Function
Function LocateWindow(Source As String) As Boolean
Static hWnds() As Variant
Dim RetVal As Long
Dim AppTitle As String
If FindWindowLike(hWnds(), 0, Source, "*", Null) = 1 Then
ProgHandle = hWnds(1)
RetVal = SetFocusAPI(ProgHandle)
DoEvents
LocateWindow = True
Else
LocateWindow = False
End If
End Function
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In your program, you can then do this:
If LocateWindow("Untitled - Notepad") = True Then
SendKeys "This is a test", True
Else
'CANT FIND THE WINDOW
End If
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When LocateWindow is called, you use whatever is in the title bar of the application you're trying to find. It will set focus, and you just have to send the keys you want.
Cheers!
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ADD THIS TO A MODULE:
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Private Const GWL_ID = (-12)
Global ProgHandle As Long
Private Const GW_HWNDNEXT = 2
Private Const GW_CHILD = 5
Declare Function SetFocusAPI Lib "user32" Alias "SetForegroundWindow" _
(ByVal hwnd As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function GetWindow Lib "user32" (ByVal hwnd As Long, _
ByVal wCmd As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function GetWindowLW Lib "user32" Alias "GetWindowLongA" _
(ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal nIndex As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function GetParent Lib "user32" (ByVal hwnd As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function GetClassName Lib "user32" Alias "GetClassNameA" _
(ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal lpClassName As String, ByVal nMaxCount As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function GetWindowText Lib "user32" Alias "GetWindowTextA" _
(ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal lpString As String, ByVal cch As Long) As Long
Declare Function GetDesktopWindow Lib "user32" () As Long
Declare Function GetExitCodeProcess Lib "kernel32" _
(ByVal hProcess As Long, lpExitCode As Long) As Long
Declare Function OpenProcess Lib "kernel32" _
(ByVal dwDesiredAccess As Long, ByVal bInheritHandle As Long, _
ByVal dwProcessId As Long) As Long
Declare Function CloseHandle Lib "kernel32" _
(ByVal hObject As Long) As Long
Declare Function SysSetFocus Lib "user32" Alias "SetFocus" _
(ByVal hwnd As Long) As Long
Function IsActive(hprog) As Long
Dim hProc, RetVal As Long
'hProc = OpenProcess(0, False, hprog)
hProc = OpenProcess(0, hprog, False)
If hProc <> 0 Then GetExitCodeProcess hProc, RetVal
IsActive = (RetVal = 259)
CloseHandle hProc
End Function
Function FindWindowLike(hWndArray()
Dim hwnd As Long
Dim r As Long
' Hold the level of recursion:
Static level As Long
' Hold the number of matching windows:
Static iFound As Long
Dim sWindowText As String
Dim sClassname As String
Dim sID
' Initialize if necessary:
If level = 0 Then
iFound = 0
ReDim hWndArray(0 To 0)
If hWndStart = 0 Then hWndStart = GetDesktopWindow()
End If
' Increase recursion counter:
level = level + 1
' Get first child window:
hwnd = GetWindow(hWndStart, GW_CHILD)
Do Until hwnd = 0
DoEvents ' Not necessary
' Search children by recursion:
r = FindWindowLike(hWndArray()
' Get the window text and class name:
sWindowText = Space(255)
r = GetWindowText(hwnd, sWindowText, 255)
sWindowText = Left(sWindowText, r)
sClassname = Space(255)
r = GetClassName(hwnd, sClassname, 255)
sClassname = Left(sClassname, r)
' If window is a child get the ID:
If GetParent(hwnd) <> 0 Then
r = GetWindowLW(hwnd, GWL_ID)
sID = CLng("&H" & Hex(r))
Else
sID = Null
End If
' Check that window matches the search parameters:
If sWindowText Like WindowText And sClassname Like Classname Then
If IsNull(ID) Then
' If find a match, increment counter and
' add handle to array:
iFound = iFound + 1
ReDim Preserve hWndArray(0 To iFound)
hWndArray(iFound) = hwnd
ElseIf Not IsNull(sID) Then
If CLng(sID) = CLng(ID) Then
' If find a match increment counter and
' add handle to array:
iFound = iFound + 1
ReDim Preserve hWndArray(0 To iFound)
hWndArray(iFound) = hwnd
End If
End If
End If
' Get next child window:
hwnd = GetWindow(hwnd, GW_HWNDNEXT)
Loop
' Decrement recursion counter:
level = level - 1
' Return the number of windows found:
FindWindowLike = iFound
End Function
Function LocateWindow(Source As String) As Boolean
Static hWnds() As Variant
Dim RetVal As Long
Dim AppTitle As String
If FindWindowLike(hWnds(), 0, Source, "*", Null) = 1 Then
ProgHandle = hWnds(1)
RetVal = SetFocusAPI(ProgHandle)
DoEvents
LocateWindow = True
Else
LocateWindow = False
End If
End Function
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In your program, you can then do this:
If LocateWindow("Untitled - Notepad") = True Then
SendKeys "This is a test", True
Else
'CANT FIND THE WINDOW
End If
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When LocateWindow is called, you use whatever is in the title bar of the application you're trying to find. It will set focus, and you just have to send the keys you want.
Cheers!
If you spawned the task, you can do this:
Dim ProgID
ProgID = Shell("Notepad",vbNormalFo cus)
AppActivate ProgID
SendKeys "whatever you're going to send"
Cheers!
Dim ProgID
ProgID = Shell("Notepad",vbNormalFo
AppActivate ProgID
SendKeys "whatever you're going to send"
Cheers!
ASKER
How would I send enter?
would I do sendkey keyascii 13? or what?
would I do sendkey keyascii 13? or what?
To click a command button, you send a space...
SendKeys " "
You could also send an enter like this:
SendKeys "{ENTER}"
or
SendKeys "~"
Cheers!
SendKeys " "
You could also send an enter like this:
SendKeys "{ENTER}"
or
SendKeys "~"
Cheers!
ASKER
Thank you, you have helped me a lot! Just one more thing, how do you send something like alt+f of F4 or something like that? And why does {ENTER} make it press enter, is {ENTER} a built in function in vb that means enter? 'Cause I never heard of it.
To send an ALT-F4 you would do this:
SendKeys "%{F4}"
Yes, {ENTER} is built into VB... Check out the help page for SendKeys. It has a list of all of the special keys that can be send with SendKeys.
Cheers!
SendKeys "%{F4}"
Yes, {ENTER} is built into VB... Check out the help page for SendKeys. It has a list of all of the special keys that can be send with SendKeys.
Cheers!
ASKER