Integrating to a winforms application with No Api?

[gregory_may]

I have a regular windows forms application that I need to automatically fill
in some information into..... But the manufacture has no published API's or
web services. Everything must be via their GUI.

Is there some technique that would allow a .Net program to fill in any
winforms text box with some information (from my own database pull)?

Thanks!

(I posted this on the Vb.Net form, but just realized the same technique
could be adapted from c# as well).

[Robbe Morris [C# MVP]]

It is a bit of a pain to write but you could use the
WinAPI to send keystrokes. Look up SendKeys
on google

These api functions on calling mouse clicks may
also come in handy or at least give you a good
searching point.

http://www.eggheadcafe.com/articles/...to_desktop.asp

--
Robbe Morris - 2004/2005 Microsoft MVP C#
http://www.eggheadcafe.com/forums/merit.asp

"gregory_may" <None> wrote in message
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I have a regular windows forms application that I need to automatically
fill
in some information into..... But the manufacture has no published API's
or
web services. Everything must be via their GUI.

Is there some technique that would allow a .Net program to fill in any
winforms text box with some information (from my own database pull)?

Thanks!

(I posted this on the Vb.Net form, but just realized the same technique
could be adapted from c# as well).

[Frankie Leung]

It seems that you want to bind the textbox control to the column in the
database table.
In case of this, you can use the following method:
textBox1.DataBindings.Add("Text", ds, "TableName.ColumnName");
, where ds is the DataSet object pointing the target database.

The method used in the VB.NET and the C# will be more or less the same
because they are using the same API. The only difference that I beleive
is the syntax.

By the way, what is the reason using the WinAPI to send keystroke to
the program? It seems to be some kind of event handling technique for
receiving the latest information. If so, I believe that it is a very
good method.

Hope this help.

Best regards,
Frankie Leung.

[Robbe Morris [C# MVP]]

I believe the poster wants to populate information in another
executable that isn't his...

--
Robbe Morris - 2004/2005 Microsoft MVP C#
http://www.eggheadcafe.com/forums/merit.asp

"Frankie Leung" <Fr*************@gmail.com> wrote in message
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It seems that you want to bind the textbox control to the column in the
database table.
In case of this, you can use the following method:
textBox1.DataBindings.Add("Text", ds, "TableName.ColumnName");
, where ds is the DataSet object pointing the target database.

The method used in the VB.NET and the C# will be more or less the same
because they are using the same API. The only difference that I beleive
is the syntax.

By the way, what is the reason using the WinAPI to send keystroke to
the program? It seems to be some kind of event handling technique for
receiving the latest information. If so, I believe that it is a very
good method.

Hope this help.

Best regards,
Frankie Leung.

[gregory_may]

I posted a new thread: Software Driving Software in .Net (Windows
Accessibility?)

I found this ... I think its the right track:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/is...s/default.aspx
"gregory_may" <None> wrote in message
news:Oa**************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...

I have a regular windows forms application that I need to automatically
fill
in some information into..... But the manufacture has no published API's
or
web services. Everything must be via their GUI.

Is there some technique that would allow a .Net program to fill in any
winforms text box with some information (from my own database pull)?

Thanks!

(I posted this on the Vb.Net form, but just realized the same technique
could be adapted from c# as well).