ControlSend() help

[Smiley357]

Ok I dont get it. All the post I have read say to use Controlsend() to send text to a minimized window. I have tried and it doesnt work for me. Could someone explain what Im doing wrong? Here is my code.

$hGUI = WinGetHandle(Run("notepad.exe"))
WinWaitActive("Untitled - Notepad")
Sleep(4000)

ControlSend("Untitled - Notepad" , "", $hGUI, "This is a line of text in the first notepad window {enter}")

It is simple. Opens up notepad and gives me 4 seconds to minimize notepad then suppose to send the text the minimize notepad.

What happens is notepad opens I minimize it and no text is sent to notepad. If I dont minimize it the text is sent to notepad. Can someone please show me my mistake? Thanks for all help and ideas.

[Jos]

This doesn't look rigth: WinGetHandle(Run("notepad.exe"))

The run command returns a handle and the WinGetHandle() needs Title,Text aa parameter.

ControlSend() needs the ControlHandle in stead of the Window handle.

Enough for you to work on?

muttley

[Smiley357]

SOLVED!!!

Jos, thank you so much for the help. That answered my question. OMG I was starting to get a headache from beating my head on my desk so much. LOL

My goal was to send text to 2 different windows that is minimized. Here is my simple code if anyone is having the same issue.

AutoItSetOption("WinTitleMatchMode", 4)

Run("notepad.exe")
WinWaitActive("Untitled - Notepad")
$handle = WinGetHandle("classname=Notepad")
Run("notepad.exe")
WinWaitActive("Untitled - Notepad")
$handle2 = WinGetHandle("classname=Notepad")
Sleep(4000)
ControlSend($handle, "", "Edit1", "AbCdE")
ControlSend($handle2, "", "Edit1", "FGHIJ")

[mentosan]

I'm using a script wich will run "cmd" but everytime I open another "cmd" Command Prompt window it will write in this last active window.

Here is a part from the code:

AutoItSetOption ( "WinTitleMatchMode" , 4)

WinWaitActive("system32")
;WinWaitActive("[CLASS:ConsoleWindowClass]")

handle = WinGetHandle ("classname=telnet")
Sleep (1000)
ControlSend ($handle,"","","{Enter}")

What am I doing wrong ?

You are using classname not CLASS. Why ?AutoIt v3 Window Info is showing Class for a window property...

Edited July 19, 2008 by mentosan