Let's say I have 2 applications, app1 and app2. If app1 were to use SendMessage to set the text of a control in app2, is it possible for app2 to get the HWND of app1?
View 5 RepliesI am currently writing a program that must extract data from the screen of another application. This application is a client side database interface. When the client retrieves data from the database it is displayed on this form. I am currently using.
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a bit of a newbie question this but when you build your app a XML file is also generated (ie program called App1, you get App1.exe and App1.xml) whats the xml file for? and do you need to send this xml file to whoever uses the program App1?
View 5 RepliesHwnd = WindowFromPoint(Cursor.Position) I can get the Hwnd of every control of an external window is under the cursor. Question: I need only and always the MAIN WINDOW hwnd, everywhere should be the cursor. what API I need?
View 3 Repliesim getting errors and ****.. can someone give me a working code to actually call it
View 9 RepliesDoes anyone have any code snippet on how to get the pixel color of an hwnd using GetDIBits and print the result as a RGB value? I used copyfromscreen method and getpixel but it cannot processes it in 1ms timer interval.
View 8 RepliesI am using SendMessageTimeout to send messages (IPC) to talk between applications ... works fine in vb... but i am trying to build a vb.net implementation to talk between existing vb6 apps and .net ones...
So far i can successfully send data from vb.net to vb6 using:
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Dim b = System.Text.UnicodeEncoding.ASCII.GetBytes(Command)
Dim Data As New COPYDATASTRUCT
Data.dwData = New IntPtr
Data.cdData = UBound(b) + 1
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Can anyone give me a SendMessage/PostMessage Example? I want to make SendMessage/PostMessage work like SendKeys, except instead of sending keys to the app in focus, it will send keys to a certain app. I've looked at a lot of examples that use notepad, but they all need to use "find" the "EDIT" thing. I dont want that. Is there any other way?
View 3 RepliesCan someone give me an example of how to use SendMessage to send text?
I found some code on Google but I cant get it to work
Private Declare Function apiSendMessage Lib "user32" Alias "SendMessageA" (ByVal hWnd As Int32, ByVal wMsg As Int32, ByVal wParam As Int32, ByVal lParam As String) As Boolean
Declare Auto Function SendMessage Lib "user32.dll" (ByVal hWnd As IntPtr, ByVal msg As Integer, ByVal
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I have wrote a program that uses sendmessage to automate clicks. I have also made it where it can minimize to tray, hides form & shows an icon in tray. The problem is that when it's minimized it takes focus from whatever else I'm doing, like if I'm typing in Notepad when the program sends the message it takes the focus from notepad.
View 2 Repliesgive me a link to an Example on SendMessage/PostMessage? (I want to use SendMessage/PostMessage to send Strings)
View 6 RepliesI want 2 forms the main form which is form1.vb and the second form which is form2.vb to share the same value:
Dim Name As String="App1" so i can use it by simple doing that:
[Form1.vb]
Public Class Form1
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Or it could be better if i didnt have to add a reference to the main form the string Name should be already declared in the second form so i could use just:
Textbox1.Text = Name
I really just need something that will allow me to auto press a button in the backround.
So say if I was browsing the internet & I needed my game to spam one key without it affecting my current window.
Is there a possible way to do this? I know there is in other programming languages but Im not sure for VisualBasic
The process is MapleStory.exe if you need to know.
I'm getting the ProcessID fine, I just need to get the hWnd through the ProcessID.
View 1 RepliesI need to get MdiChildWindow hWnd. FindWindow API do not work with MdiChildWindow. Does anybody know if there's a API call to search for a specific MdiChildWindow caption ?
View 2 RepliesI am working on a project that is used for key broadcasting. Don't worry nothing illegal, I'm making a multibox application for world of warcraft. However I am having trouble when it comes to launching and manipulating other applications from another.
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I want to find & enumerate explorer.exe.
Found 'EnumChildWindows' API call but how to 'get' explorer.exe hwnd ???
If an external window (external to my program) is set to TopMost it will be always visible, even if it is not the active window.This means that, for example, if I press a Internet Explorer page, the external TopMos window loses it active state, but remains over the IE web page.Now the question is: How to retrieve by a Timer routine the Hwnd of the REAL Top windows, intending for Real Top windows the ones that MY EYES see as top windows?If the TopMost window is not active both GetForegroundWindow() and GetActiveWindow() get the Handle ot the Internet Explorer window....
View 5 Repliesabout some APIs I can get the hwnd of a foreign application. But is there a possibility to detect if this application has areas with scrollbars (for example internet explorer hast a menu, tabbar and an area with scrollbars)? If so, how can I get the rect of this area and how can I access this area (scrolling-event).
View 1 RepliesHow can I use SetCursorPos to a point in my hwnd or hdc. I'm just trying to move my mouse to x,y of a different application.
View 29 RepliesI am just wondering how I would get the hWnd of a webbrowser control in my form, I cant seem to find anything useful on google. Im using vb.net 2010
View 2 Replieswhat is the substitute of PictureBox.hWnd of vb 6.0 in vb.net 2005 if any know then reply me soon.
View 1 Repliesi can't find to another application controls handle and name. i searched to samples but i can't understand. How i write to API's for this.
i'm working to API declare and the some API functions. And i've got a right Main hWnd. But i can't get controls hWnd (button, textbox etc..).. ?
Example : FindWindowEx, AccessibleObjectFromPoint, AccessibleObjectFromEvent, AccessibleObjectFromWindow..
Get Window Title By Hwnd Or ProcessName Or ProcessID?I have this code, which retrieves all the active windows[code]\...
View 2 RepliesI have inserted the following code depicting a procedure that can place the cursor at a particular location within a Rich textbox. However, I am unable to get the Hwnd handle to run without an error.
Would someone advise if the SendMessage arguments are correct and how do I access the RichTexBox Hwnd window handle for this procedure.
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My some problem for vs 2008 in mobile applications How to learn mobile device board serial number in vb 2008?
View 2 RepliesSo I have been using MoveWindow to resize a hwnd:
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The problem is that this doesn't work on different computers. If I want to mouseclick at coordinate 55,55 on my own computer, it will actually click there. However, if I mouseclick at coordinate 55,55 on my girlfriend's computer, it will click at a different position. It will be near 55,55, but it won't be the same as on my computer.What can I use to resize a window that will work on both my PC and hers?
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<span>Public Structure UUID
Public Data1 As Long
Public Data2 As Integer
Public Data3 As Integer
Private m_Data4() As Byte
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I added a file with a format MP3 into a vb.net 2008 application and it was working and playing prefect, but after I deployed it and installed it onto the same machine (laptop), the file MP3 didn't play? Just there is no sound after installed the application. There is no error message appear. I have used this code to get the path:
Dim aPath As String = Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly.GetModules()(0).FullyQualifiedName)
i am having trouble executing applications that havent got the prefix .exe here is the code tat i mostly found in the internet can someone help so it will be able to play with all applications tried to make it play with msi but it wont play.
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