Press Button Of An External Not Foreground / Minimized Window?
Dec 28, 2010Known the external window size, it Hwnd and the x/y coordinates of the button to press, I am trying this code, like seen on the web[code]\...
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Createwindowex To Create A Button On An External Window
May 3, 2009I'm using createwindowex to create a button on an external window. I can use Spy++ to see all of the messages the button is sending to the parent window. The problem I'm having is catching these messages from the parent window.I've been trying a lot of different methods, and just when I think one is working, something still isn't quite right. Right now, I am using a hook dll made with c#, and it seems to be working somewhat. It seems like it is a lot more than should be needed for what I'm doing.I originally thought I could just use wndproc to catch all of the messages, but I found that it doesn't catch external windows messages(unless i'm doing something wrong).Is there anyone that can point me in the right direction to create a button on an external window, then catch the messages when it is clicked.
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Feb 9, 2012I have a VB.NET application that uses Managed DirectSound to capture audio.Everything works just fine until (a) the application is minimized or (b) the application is completey obstructed (covered) by another window.
The thing is that the CaptureBufferDescription structure does not include a GlobalFocus property so I don't know what to do to let my application continue capturing when the main window is hidden.
Here's the basic initialization code I'm using:
' Create a buffer description object
bufCapDesc = New CaptureBufferDescription()
With bufCapDesc
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Bring Window To Foreground?
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My code needs to run only when another specific process is running and the user is actively using that window, while that window is the top-most window on the desktop.
VS 2008 Sendkeys To Foreground Window?
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Oct 3, 2011Ok so i have this function at beginning:
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How To Make Window/form Become Active Foreground
Apr 21, 2010I'm using Visual Basic 2010 Express.I have a form that can be minimized.There's also a tray icon.I've coded it so that if you double-click on the tray icon, the form's FormWindowState becomes set to Normal; this restores the form to where was before it became minimized, but the form does not become the active window on my desktop.
How can I make the form become the active most foreground window? I've tried various functions that I can think of but no luck yet. Tried searching with various queries to try and find the right wording but no luck.I'm new to Visual Basic - only started a couple hours ago.Probably something simple but I can't seem to find the correct function or anything.I have the form/window open, and then I overlap said form with a window of another application. When I double-click my app's tray icon, I want my window to become the active window, bringing it to the front, but can't figure out how
Window Is Minimized, When Called From Another Window?
Jan 20, 2010Why is it when I call another VB program, it is minimized?
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Mar 1, 2012<DllImport("user32.dll", SetLastError:=True)> _
Private Shared Function SetActiveWindow(ByVal hWnd As IntPtr) As IntPtr
End Function
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I'm trying to make use of some functionality from an external app in my program.
My problem is this:
My program manages to start the external app correctly and I can even get the WinHandle correctly if I don't use "ProcessWindowStyle.Minimized" when starting the app.
If I start the app minimized, WinHandle = ProcID.MainWindowHandle returns a 0 and as I understand it, it's
because the app is hidden in the system tray.
How can I start the app minimized and then get the window's handle once it has been minimized?
I've tried various functions like FindWindow and BringWindowToTop but none of them seem to work.
How To Send A Key To A Minimized Window
Feb 26, 2011But i have a problem so i want to Send one key to a minimized form if u know what i mean like running it in the background its the key "F5" that i want to send. It works if the window is focused but as soon as i start my internet it refreshs the sites there and not where it was ment to b
View 9 RepliesVB Sending Keystrokes To A Minimized Window/app?
Apr 26, 2012im a complet noob in vb . i have been trying to figure out how to send keystrokes back to my own application , while minimized/ Or focused on an other window.i think i need to use PostMessageA . i read about it on forums. But its like chinese for me.my goal is to run these little programs by the 100's on 1 pc. and they just press a key in their own application , over and over.i was thinking something like this
Private Declare Function PostMessage Lib "user32.dll" Alias "PostMessageA" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal wMsg As Long, ByVal wParam As Long, ByVal lParam As Long) As Long
Private Const WM_CHAR As Long = &H102
PostMessage("notepad", WM_CHAR, "T", 1)
Forms :: ListView.TopItem And Minimized Window?
Jun 15, 2011I have an issue in a project trying to auto-scroll down a ListView (used as Details with columns) when adding a new ListViewItem when the window is minimized. I guess we have to use TopItem property to set force the listview to scroll down.I get two exceptions when the form is minimized: "Object reference not set to an instance of an object." "Index (zero based) must be greater than or equal to zero and less than the size of the argument list."
I'm just using standard .Net components (Events/Delegate) with standard way to use them.
I made a small test code to isolate the issue:
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MdiForm - Set Focus To Window And Make It Minimized
Dec 22, 2008i have an mdiForm. it has the standard "windows" menu option, thats lets you change the layout of the child windows, it also has the list of currently open windows. is there a way to access that code that generates that list so i can alter so that is window from the list is selected and it has been minimized, it wont just set the focus to that window but open it to the normal state?
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Jun 28, 2010I used to know vb6 and I need to make a quick application.
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Jul 27, 2009Heres my code that does not work:
Private Const MOUSEEVENTF_LEFTDOWN = &H2
Private Const MOUSEEVENTF_LEFTUP = &H4
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Send Mouseclicks / Keystrokes Into Minimized Window?
Mar 3, 2009I know how to send mouse clicks and keystrokes into an application when it is open and active, but this particular application the task is very repetitive and can be done with a script of sorts. What i want is how do i make a program to be able to send inputs (key clicks) into the application when it is minimized (the application minimized that is). doing this minimized would then allow me to do other more important things whilst the vb program is sending instructions into the other app.[code]...
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Oct 30, 2010Using 2 forms how would I click one button, from another form? ie In VB 4,5,6, I would used to do it as:-
Form 1:
private sub Command1_Click()
msgbox "Say Hello"
End Sub[code].....
If I clicked the button in form2, it would automaticlly, click the button in form1. Do I, do it the same way in VB Express or has it changed?
C# - Catch The Event Of The Window Close Button(red X Button On Window Right Top Corner) In Wpf Form?
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View 1 RepliesCreateObject("WScript.Shell") With Cmd Window Minimized?
Nov 2, 2009I using visual studio 2008 and visual basic.I need to create a form that pings my companies servers and gets the return value of the ping and displays the results in a label and run with a timer. I have eveything pretty set up and working the way I want it to but I would the command window pops up when the command is run. I found some code that was supposed to keep the command window in the background but it doesn't seem to work. [b]Can ayone help me figure how to make the command window run in the background or at least keeping if from popping up?/B]This is the code I found. According to the article I read False should keep the command window minimized. I tried it with true and I also tried it with False and neither worked.
objCmd = objWShell.Exec("ping " & url, 0, False)
This is the actual code I'm trying to run.
Public Function fnPingmeVer3(ByVal url As String) As String
Dim StringReturn As String
Dim objWShell As Object = New Object
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VS 2008 Send Mouse Click's & Send Key's To Minimized Window?
Apr 9, 2012I have a filter that is used to populate a grid view and the url will conain: /example/grid?value1=1&value2=2
It will then have a link to page 2, which allows them to edit something.I then want them to click a link that will send them back to the gridview under the same parameters of: /example/grid?value1=1&value2=2
Is this possible? How do I hold on and fill in the URL values so it knows how to refill the grid view accordingly?
Make A Button Press A Certain Button In Another Application?
Sep 26, 2009I have a few questions:
1. how do I make a button press a certain button in another application? (i.e - for example it goes to application "iexplorer" and press insert, home, a, b, or other button in the keyboard)
2. How do I make a virtual keyboard (for example a button opens form 2 or 3 and when you click on a button in the keyboard it goes to a certain text box in form 1)?
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Aug 5, 2010how can I make start my external application "DXSETUP.exe" at center screen position using this code?
Private Sub Panel3_MouseClick(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventArgs) Handles Panel3.MouseClick
Try
Me.Hide()
Threading.Thread.Sleep(2000)
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