Sending keystokes to a hidden window?

[dandymcgee]

Hi, I'm just a noobie in the world of AutoIt, and really I'm just messing around with the funtions right now. I'm trying to get an AutoIt program to send text to a hidden notepad window. I know it can be done because I used to have an example program a while back that did this. That example got lost when i formatted my hard drive . I've posted my script below:

Run("Notepad.exe")
Sleep(500)
Send("Hello{Enter}")
Sleep(500)
WinSetTitle("Untitled - Notepad", "Hello", "Hiding")
Sleep(500)
Send("Hiding window...{Enter}")
Sleep(500)
WinSetState("Hiding", "Hiding window...", @SW_HIDE)
Sleep(500)
ControlSend("Hiding", "Hiding window...", 15, "The window was hidden when this was typed.")
Sleep(500)
WinSetState("Hiding", "Hiding window...", @SW_SHOW)
Sleep(500)
Send("This program will now shut down.{Enter}")
Sleep(100)
Send("!{F4}")
Sleep(500)
Send("N")
Sleep(100)
Exit

Thank You in advance for all your guys help.

[dandymcgee]

OH yeah, I wanted to know why every once in a while ill find a thread in which the same person periodically types "BUMP"? LOL this is probably a very noob question but thanks.

[Briegel]

In this thread you can find the answer.

good luck

[MHz]

You cannot interact with hidden windows using Send. You need ControlSend or ControlSetText for this example.

This works fine.

Run('Notepad', '', @SW_HIDE)
WinWait('Untitled')
ControlSend('Untitled', '', 'Edit1', 'Some text')
Sleep(1000)
WinSetState('Untitled', '', @SW_SHOW)

ControlSend does not need an Active window as was incorrectly mentioned in the link.

Edited July 26, 2006 by MHz

[dandymcgee]

thanks guys