Vb controling other programs

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November 2nd, 2009, 01:37 PM

mk4114

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Vb controling other programs

Is there a way in vb to control and push buttons on other programs? I'm mostly looking to take text data from one program and insert it into another along with possibly some mouse clicks

November 5th, 2009, 06:38 PM

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Other MS programs? Don't know about button clicks, but can control actions. Check this link: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/220595

November 6th, 2009, 02:45 AM

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You can use FindWindow API to find another program or EnumWindows API. After you have the handle to the program you want to automate, you can use EnumChildWindows to find textboxes, buttons, and so on. Once you have the handle to the control(s) windows you want to manipulate from your program you can use the SendMessage API...

Time to use your friends (yahoo, google, ask, answers, bing) to search for these as there are a lot of examples out there.

Good Luck

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