Sending Text to a hidden window?

[Nino]

Hello, I'm trying to send text to a minimized/hidden notepad. Is this possible?

I don't have much done, but I don't know where to really go from here:

WinWaitActive("note.txt - Notepad","")
Sleep(2000)
WinSetState ( "note.txt - Notepad", "", @SW_HIDE)

Is it possible to use the Send command but maybe have it send to a non active window?

Many thanks for any help,

Nino

[Jos]

Look at the Control???? commands in the helpfile....

[Nino]

What if the program has no Control ID? Leaving it blank results in an error for me.

[GaryFrost]

#include <GUIConstants.au3>

opt('MustDeclareVars', 1)
Dim $s_Text = "This is a test"

Run("Notepad")
WinWaitActive("Untitled - Notepad")
Sleep(2000)
WinSetState ( "Untitled - Notepad", "", @SW_HIDE)
Sleep ( 1000 )
ControlSetText("Untitled - Notepad","", "Edit1", $s_Text)
Sleep ( 1000 )
WinSetState ( "Untitled - Notepad", "", @SW_SHOW)

Edited April 8, 2007 by gafrost

[Nino]

Ya, I figured that part out but now i'm working on doing it for a game - World of Warcraft. But the only problem is that when I try and find a Control ID/Class name, nothing shows up, that whole portion is empty. I thought I could also find it by doing a CTRL+ALT+DELETE and finding the Control ID through the list of processes, but that value didn't work. Any ideas?

[Bert]

It always seems like everyone and their brother is trying to make a bot for that game. DO a search for WOW, and you should find everything you need.

[BrettF]

It always seems like everyone and their brother is trying to make a bot for that game. DO a search for WOW, and you should find everything you need.

I can't see whats so good about it.... Mind you I haven't tried it so I cant talk.

[xcal]

It's actually quite a good game. I couldn't imagine what you'd want to use Autoit for, though, unless it was something bad. WoW has some powerful scripting options already built in to it.