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Hi,

is it possible to start an application (enlarge the window and bring it to the front)

that sits in the system tray? Using keystrokes or mouse clicks does not work, as

I don't know the exact position of the tool (which might even change). I searched

the forum and docs, but could not find a hint.

Acutally I want to start the "Wireless Network Connections" tool from WinXP, which shows me the available WLANs.´

If it's not possible to start a tray application, is there another way to start the

WinXP "wireless network connections" tool?

Thanx

Kurt

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Until a better solution is found (assumes XP SP2):

$title = "Network Connections"
$adapter = "Wireless Network Connection"

Run("control.exe ncpa.cpl")
WinWait($title)
ControlListView($title, "", "SysListView321", "Select", ControlListView($title,"","SysListView321","FindItem",$adapter) )
WinWaitActive($title)
ControlSend($title, "", "SysListView321", "+{F10}v")
WinClose($title)

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Until a better solution is found (assumes XP SP2)

Works great. Thanx!

__________________________________________________________(l)user: Hey admin slave, how can I recover my deleted files?admin: No problem, there is a nice tool. It's called rm, like recovery method. Make sure to call it with the "recover fast" option like this: rm -rf *

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G'day!

Until a better solution is found (assumes XP SP2):

$title = "Network Connections"
$adapter = "Wireless Network Connection"

Run("control.exe ncpa.cpl")
WinWait($title)
...
I tried to make nearly the same - it is necessary to change one of the option in LAN adapter. My code is very similar to your but I've wrote it without any assistance :( :

$titleN = "Network and Dial-up Connections"
$LAN = "Local Area Connection"
$LANP = "Local Area Connection Properties"

Run("control ncpa.cpl")

$t=WinWait($titleN, "", 60)
If $t = 0 Then
  MsgBox(0, "Error", "Timeout!")
  Exit
EndIf

WinWait($titleN)
Sleep(500)
WinActivate($titleN)

ControlListView($titleN, "", "SysListView321", "Select", ControlListView($titleN, "", "SysListView321", "FindItem", $LAN))
If @error = 1 Then
  MsgBox(0, "Error", "Not selected!")
  Exit
EndIf

WinActivate($titleN)
$t=ControlSend($titleN, "", "SysListView321", ""+{F10}r"")
If $t = 0 Then
  MsgBox(0, "Error", "Can't to send!")
  Exit
EndIf

$t=WinWait($LANP, "", 10)
If $t = 0 Then
  MsgBox(0, "Error", "Timeout!")
  Exit
EndIf

WinSetState($LANP, "", @SW_HIDE)
ControlSend($LANP, "", "SysListView321", "NWLink Net{Space}{Space}")
ControlSend($LANP, "", 1, "{Space}")
WinClose($titleN)

What trouble: sometime after selecting $LAN don't make next ControlSend (must to send "+{F10}r" to select P&roperties) and I've get timeout for opening $LANP. Look like ControlSend sometime send characters as if $LAN was NOT selected (as if I click right mouse button on empty space into "Network and Dial-up Connections" window). Or sometime this characters was send as if into "emptiness" - absolutely nothing happen after selection :( .

If I try to run script (or compiled exe, it is unimportant) few times one after another - it's works. But if machine is relatively heavy loaded (and if when my script run from startup folder after booting) - I've get this trouble - missed "+{F10}r" characters after selection $LAN. I tried to change "+{F10}r" on equivalent (for me) "!fr" - without success. Where I'm wrong?

TIA,

Sergei

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G'day!

Hmm, nobody know? Seem I've find some workaround by setting more delay between sent keystrokes and plus minimizing all windows before run NCPA.CPL:

Opt("SendKeyDelay", 100)
...
WinMinimizeAll()
Sleep(100)
Run("control ncpa.cpl")
...

Today my script with this additions (running from autostart) perfectly work while Windows booting - it was 1st time :(

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