don't understand how to use ControlSend

[eliass123]

Hey,

I just wanna send the hotkeys shift r to my obs window while it is inacitve.

At first I used 

if ProcessExists("obs64.exe") Then
    winactivate("OBS")
    EndIf
Send("+r")

That thing works so the name of the window "OBS" is correct. But I don't want to have the window in the foreground so I tried controlsend like this

ControlSend ("OBS", "+r")

and it doesn't work at all so I wanted to know what to change

 

Greetings

[eliass123]

that also doesnt work:

ControlSend("OBS", "", "","+r")

[Jos]

What does au3info tell you for the information on this window and how does the window header look?

Jos

[eliass123]

18 minutes ago, Jos said:

What does au3info tell you for the information on this window and how does the window header look?

Jos

not sure if this is the relevant information

don't know what a window header is, but that's a screenshot of the obs window

 

[eliass123]

got it, the window header is the top line text

[eliass123]

but still dont know how to do it

[careca]

Well first of all, is there any other option to do what you want? What does the Shift-R do? Maybe you can controlclick the item you need.

In any case, you're not providing the Id for the control, this is generally intended to send characters to a control, say a edit.

What you want to do, as far i get, is to send a key combination for that window, while in foreground.

That im not sure how to do, maybe activate the window, then send, then inactivate the window.

[eliass123]

2 hours ago, careca said:

Well first of all, is there any other option to do what you want? What does the Shift-R do? Maybe you can controlclick the item you need.

In any case, you're not providing the Id for the control, this is generally intended to send characters to a control, say a edit.

What you want to do, as far i get, is to send a key combination for that window, while in foreground.

That im not sure how to do, maybe activate the window, then send, then inactivate the window.

shift r starts the recording, I could change that keybinding or if by "controlclick" you mean clicking on the "start recording"-button instead I don't believe it's possible while the program is in the background, is it?
do I need to provide te control ID? Don't know where to find it

the window activating thing might be possible but could be problematic if I was in a videogame

[careca]

It is possible yes, you drag the info tool into the control and see if it gives you an ID, some applications dont, but there are other methods, check the link in my signature.

[Earthshine]

That a QT app?