Gar Posted September 11, 2007 Share Posted September 11, 2007 (edited) I searched through pretty much every related post on this forum. Alot of the posts link to inexplicably advanced techniques I don't understand. I would really appreciate some help with this specific problem. I have medium autoit code understanding, so if you simply link me to some gigantic post with pages and pages of undocumented code, I won't be able to understand it. I need to Send the f key to an inactive window and have it remain inactive while doing so. There are no useable controls. Does anyone know how to do this? And, if so, can you walk me through how I would send the f key to an inactive window, if the answer turns out to involve PostMessage, dlls, and such? I don't really understand their use. Thanks! Edited September 11, 2007 by Gar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdrawkcab Posted September 11, 2007 Share Posted September 11, 2007 I'm having the same problem! I've found lots of references to _SendMessage but I am unsure of the syntax to use. For example, how do I get it to send an ARROW UP keystroke directly to a window process? The window I am trying to control does not have any ControlIDs which are usable for my purpose. I've found AutoIt to be very useful and I'm surprised to be stumped by what must be a fairly common problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enaiman Posted September 11, 2007 Share Posted September 11, 2007 Earlier versions of AutoIt were able to do it - if you want to use one of them I would suggest 3.2.1.0 That version allowed ControlSend to an empty control no matter if the window was active or not. After 3.2.1.0 however the ControlSend changed so it no longer works for empty controls when the window is inactive. Send also can't be used because it sends to active window. You can download that version, write the script, compile it and it will work. Good luck, SNMP_UDF ... for SNMPv1 and v2c so far, GetBulk and a new example script wannabe "Unbeatable" Tic-Tac-Toe Paper-Scissor-Rock ... try to beat it anyway :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gar Posted September 11, 2007 Author Share Posted September 11, 2007 (edited) Thanks. I downloaded 3.2.0.1 because there was no 3.2.1.0 in the archive. I will let others know how it goes. Edited September 11, 2007 by Gar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enaiman Posted September 11, 2007 Share Posted September 11, 2007 It was a long discussion about this and I asked myself if this ControlSend can be made like it was ... well, the conclusion was ... NO About 3.2.0.1 - that's the version (sorry for confusion). SNMP_UDF ... for SNMPv1 and v2c so far, GetBulk and a new example script wannabe "Unbeatable" Tic-Tac-Toe Paper-Scissor-Rock ... try to beat it anyway :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gar Posted September 11, 2007 Author Share Posted September 11, 2007 Unfortunately, 3.2.0.1 did not work. The window still needed focus. It seemed that ControlSend with no control id just functioned as Send. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enaiman Posted September 11, 2007 Share Posted September 11, 2007 Nope - and here is a small script allowing you to see that it works on inactive window:Run("notepad.exe")WinWait("Untitled")WinSetState("Untitled", "", @SW_MINIMIZE)ControlSend("Untitled", "", "", "This is a test")WinSetState("Untitled", "", @SW_RESTORE)Please note the ControlId is empty. If it works (I am sure it will) you will see "This is a test" written in Notepad. SNMP_UDF ... for SNMPv1 and v2c so far, GetBulk and a new example script wannabe "Unbeatable" Tic-Tac-Toe Paper-Scissor-Rock ... try to beat it anyway :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faldo Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 I just downloaded 3.2.0.1 (i have the same problem as Gar) and the snippet in the above post didn't write anything in notepad. I'm sure this worked a while back with an older version but since i never dreamt of that ControlSend would go back to needing a controlID i lost track of what version it was. Would be great if someone else posted a working method. Check out my other scripts: RDP antihammer/blacklist generator | Phemex cryptocurrency exchange API Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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