Re: WM_KEYDOWN message

On Fri, 14 Apr 2006 21:19:23 +0200, "Tadek"
<ted66_USUN_TO_@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I have to replace a value (1,0030) with another (1,0050)
in a certain application. I have to do it 10000 times !
(I don't have the source code).
I started to do it manually by pressing the following keys:

Arrow down {move to next cell}
Shift-End {select content}
1,0050 {replace with a new value}
etc.

After 500 records I thought about writing my application,
which will be able to simulate pressing these keys.

I started:
h:=FindWindow(nil,TitleOfTheWindow); // it works
SendMessage(H,WM_CHAR,149,1) // it doesn't work

SendMessage sends a message to a window, but not to an active
control in this window.

How to send a message to an active control in an external application?

You might be better off using Keybd_event for sending the keys

Does WM_GETTEXT get the contents correctly ?
.

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