control program

[Lam]

Hi

I want to write a VB or C# program so that it can calls up another
windows program and tells it to open it's menu

Item automatically.

For example: It can call File Manager and open 'File->New Folder' etc.
without manually click on the program

Menu bar

Does anyone know any way to do that?

Thanks a lot

Lam

[Crouchie1998]

I suggest you write a console application with command line arguments & then
call it by passing the command line arguments to it. That would be the
easiest way to do it.

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

"Lam" <ja**********@hotmail.com> schrieb:

I want to write a VB or C# program so that it can calls up another
windows program and tells it to open it's menu

Item automatically.

For example: It can call File Manager and open 'File->New Folder' etc.
without manually click on the program

Take a look at 'SendKeys.Send'.

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M S Herfried K. Wagner
M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
V B <URL:http://classicvb.org/petition/>

[Crouchie1998]

Send Keys is only good if you have focus on the application. If focus changes
then it won't work.

Will you be using the machine or will something be running that will remove
the focus? If so, send keys isn't an option

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

"Crouchie1998" <Cr**********@discussions.microsoft.com> schrieb:

Send Keys is only good if you have focus on the application. If focus
changes
then it won't work.

Will you be using the machine or will something be running that will
remove
the focus? If so, send keys isn't an option

I agree -- 'SendKeys' is only an option if all other solutions (command-line
parameters, DDE, ...) fail.

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M S Herfried K. Wagner
M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
V B <URL:http://classicvb.org/petition/>