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ok, thanks!

So rather then a api telling if a key is an extended key, I need to make a list of them, because there are always the same no matter what keyboard, right?

How or with what API can I know which key is an extended key to be able to use keybd_event with the correct dwFlags?

If I only know how to make a listing like JackTripper did on following link,...

Thanks for your help.
I'm still trying to solve the loss of the cut/copy/paste when using code like .calculate or .calculation
There are already some options, but they all have there restrictions. ...

I tried spy++ and the last window it shows is "bosa_sdm_XL9", "Collect and Paste 2.0", which I address in this with GetWindowText
But it only gives the window-title not the button or window-text of...

Thanks, but that is only returning the window name or caption :(
Need to read the window-body or buttons!

I'd like to know how to read buttons or body text from some child window.
I already found the window handle ;)

winHandle = FindWindow("XLMAIN", Application.caption)
winHandle =...

I've been trying for months, probably more then 100 hours. But still I can't control an application in background :sick:

I can't use SendKey because I don't want the application get the focus.
...

This code works with Notepad. But why can't it read the menu-items from AdobeReader8?


Private Declare Function FindWindow Lib "user32" Alias "FindWindowA" (ByVal lpClassName As String, ByVal...

2 problems:
1) After the "SendMessage ret, WM_COPY, 0, 0" I don't seem to have it on the clipboard because if I press CTRL-V it doesn't show the notepad-text !

2) I can't use "Clipboard.GetText"....

I tryed both. Works, only I get those Open/Save-dialogs popped-up ! :(

Private Sub sPDFtoTXTbu() '(vFile As String)
vFile = "C:\temp\test.pdf"
Dim hwnd As Long, hMenu As Long, hSubMenu As...

Well, it seems I need to pay to see the solution on that link you provided :(

Can I save the clipboard to a text-file with an automated VB-script?
Or can I even save or read the seleted text from some application-window directly to a file.txt or string without going through...

1 step closer to a final solution to use AdobeReader8 to convert PDF to a TXT-file.
1 more question: How do I open a PDF with AdobeReader in the background, not minimized but not focussed and...

There are still 3 problems in my vb code, for what I am trying to do:
1) The "vbNormalNoFocus" doens't work. The AcrobarReader get's focust when started!
2) The PostMessage of "File/SaveToText..."...

Thanks!

Thanks!
Is there also a way to know for shure that Item 3 = "Save" ?
Can I read it, or select it with "Save" instead of 3 ?

I managed to open the ALT-F menu, but I can't seem to find a way now to select any of the commands like "S" for save...


Private Declare Function FindWindow Lib "user32" Alias "FindWindowA"...

Is there a way to send a keystroke like ALT-F or CRTL-S to a specific
running program which window doesn't have the focus? So not with sendkey
that only send a keystroke through the keyboards...

Well, actually you can save as text with Abode Reader 8 ;-)

Only I don't know how to do this automated in the background using Excel or Outlook-VBA.

I could use the shell-command and sendkey,...

It seems there are no command line swithes in Acrobat Reader 8, so I need to find out how to write a OLE command.
Can anyone provide me here with a OLE example?

I'd like to save pdf as text...

Well, it has to be automated :(

So how can I:
1) Read a color of a specific pixel
2) crop a image
3) save it as a jpg

My project:
I'm trying to automate Excel, putting all my bills, payments, invoices and shop-tickets into one sheet. When I click a line in the sheet the scanned jpg-image pops open.
I've found a...

I'm looking for a way to split and crop scanned images to smaller jpg's using a black background. This way I'd like to devide several shop-tickets scanned together as one jpg, into seperate...

Hi,

Is there a way to know the path of a shortcut-link that has called the running *.vbs script?

Thanks !