How can I send ALT + A to a window?

[Christian Blackburn]

Hi Gang,
I am trying to accomplish something that should be terribly simple. I just
want to send ALT+A to another window. What SendMessage Parameters should I
send?
Thanks,
Christian Blackburn

[Rahul Kapoor]

have you looked at SendKeys?
per MSDN "Provides methods for sending keystrokes to an application"

AFAIK it send the strokes to the active application though

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...classtopic.asp

HTH
Rahul
"Christian Blackburn" <Christian_Blackburn@Damn@Sp**@Hotmail.com> wrote in
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Hi Gang,
I am trying to accomplish something that should be terribly simple. I just want to send ALT+A to another window. What SendMessage Parameters should I send?
Thanks,
Christian Blackburn

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

* "Christian Blackburn" <Christian_Blackburn@Damn@Sp**@Hotmail.com> scripsit:

I am trying to accomplish something that should be terribly simple. I just
want to send ALT+A to another window. What SendMessage Parameters should I
send?

Activate the application with 'AppActivate', then you can use
'SendKeys.Send("%A")' to send the combination.

--
Herfried K. Wagner
MVP · VB Classic, VB.NET
<http://www.mvps.org/dotnet>

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[Christian Blackburn]

Hi Guys,
Actually SendKeys is a sloppy and risky way of doing automation. There's
nothing to keep me from clicking on some other form and having SendKeys
deliver to the wrong destination. That's why I was trying to use
SendMessage.
Thanks all the same though,
Christian Blackburn

"Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" <hi***************@gmx.at> wrote in message
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* "Christian Blackburn" <Christian_Blackburn@Damn@Sp**@Hotmail.com>

scripsit:

I am trying to accomplish something that should be terribly simple. I just want to send ALT+A to another window. What SendMessage Parameters should I send?

Activate the application with 'AppActivate', then you can use
'SendKeys.Send("%A")' to send the combination.

--
Herfried K. Wagner
MVP · VB Classic, VB.NET
<http://www.mvps.org/dotnet>

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[Armin Zingler]

"Christian Blackburn" <Ch*****************@[e-mail]>
schrieb

Hi Guys,
Actually SendKeys is a sloppy and risky way of doing automation.
There's nothing to keep me from clicking on some other form and
having SendKeys deliver to the wrong destination.

I tolly agree.
--
Armin

[Christian Blackburn]

Hi Armin,
They should really add the window handle, caption, and or classname as
optional parameters.
Cheers,
Christian Blackburn

"Armin Zingler" <az*******@freenet.de> wrote in message
news:O4**************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...

"Christian Blackburn" <Ch*****************@[e-mail]>
schrieb

Hi Guys,
Actually SendKeys is a sloppy and risky way of doing automation.
There's nothing to keep me from clicking on some other form and
having SendKeys deliver to the wrong destination.

I tolly agree.
--
Armin

[Christian Blackburn]

Hi Gang,
An Inno Setup (www.InnoSetup.com) programmer told me about this kick ass
open-source application called AutoIt. I will be learning that real soon
here for fun. If you'd like to check it out you can download a copy here
http://www.hiddensoft.com/AutoIt/. Be sure to take a look at the sample
scripts. I looked over the scripts and the syntax is simple and totally
doable. Since version 2 doesn't come with an IDE you might want to take a
look at http://www.lkei.com/products/scriptwriter.asp. Version 3 now in
beta might though.
Cheers,
Christian Blackburn

"Armin Zingler" <az*******@freenet.de> wrote in message
news:O4**************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...

"Christian Blackburn" <Ch*****************@[e-mail]>
schrieb

Hi Guys,
Actually SendKeys is a sloppy and risky way of doing automation.
There's nothing to keep me from clicking on some other form and
having SendKeys deliver to the wrong destination.

I tolly agree.
--
Armin