findwindowEX Send Message in Child of a Child of an Application

**hugo.crank** · Apr 29th, 2009, 04:33 AM

findwindowEX Send Message in Child of a Child of an Application

First:
- my english is very bad (german)
- i am a newby of Visual Basic

My Form with SQL-Integration is sending Data per Button to Notepad sucessfull. Unfortunately, the purpose application has interlocking children.

But the application don´t become the data. i need help to found a solution / or a Idear. i think i put in screenshots an my code:

Code:

Public Class Form1

    'Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
    ' Dim ListBox1 As ListBox.ObjectCollection
    ' Dim i As Long
    '    TextBox1.Text = ""
    '    With ListBox1.ToString()
    '        For i = 0 To .Count - 1
    '            TextBox1.Text = TextBox1.Text & .Item(i) & vbCrLf
    '        Next i
    '    End With
    'End Sub

    'Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
    'Dim i As Long
    'TextBox1.Text = ""
    'For i = 0 To ListBox1.Items.Count - 1
    '   TextBox1.Text = TextBox1.Text & ListBox1.Items.ToString(i) & vbCrLf
    'Next i
    'End Sub

    'Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
    '    TextBox1.Text = ListBox1.Text.ToString
    'End Sub
    Private Declare Function FindWindow Lib "user32" Alias "FindWindowA" (ByVal lpClassName As String, ByVal lpWindowName As String) As Integer
    Private Declare Function SendMessageByString Lib "user32" Alias "SendMessageA" (ByVal hwnd As Integer, ByVal wMsg As Integer, ByVal wParam As Integer, ByVal lParam As String) As Integer
    Private Declare Function FindWindowEx Lib "user32" Alias "FindWindowExA" (ByVal hWnd1 As Integer, ByVal hWnd2 As Integer, ByVal lpsz1 As String, ByVal lpsz2 As String) As Integer
    Private Declare Function GetWindow Lib "user32" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal wCmd As Long) As Long
    Private Declare Function GetClassName Lib "user32" Alias "GetClassNameA" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal lpClassName As String, ByVal nMaxCount As Long) As Long

    Private Const GW_HWNDNEXT = 2
    Private Const GW_CHILD = 5
    Private Const WM_SETTEXT = &HC
    Private Const WM_GETTEXT = &HC
    Private Const WM_KEYDOWN = &H100
    Private Const VK_RETURN = &HD

    'Private Declare Function PostMessage Lib "user32" Alias "PostMessageA" (ByVal hwnd As Integer, ByVal wMsg As Integer, ByVal wParam As Integer, ByVal lParam As Any) As Integer

    Dim CobraMain As Integer
    Dim MClient As Integer
    Dim adl As Integer
    Dim AfxFrameOrView70 As Long
    Dim AfxWnd70 As Integer
    Dim F00040F22 As Integer
    Dim SysTabControl32 As Integer
    Dim F00580F76 As Integer
    Dim F00040EC0 As Integer
    Dim F00040EBC As Integer
    Dim F00040EBE As Integer
    Dim F00060F00 As Integer
    Dim F00060EE8 As Integer
    Dim AfxMDIFrame70 As Integer
    Dim F00030EAC As Integer
    Dim F00070ED0 As Integer
    Dim F000B0EF2 As Integer
    Dim F00040ECA As Integer
    Dim F00060F0C As Integer
    Dim Projekte As Integer
    Dim RichEdit20A As Integer

    'call them



    Private Sub ListBox1_onClick()

        'Wert der 1ten Spalte der selektierten Zeile in Textbox1 schreiben 
        TextBox1.Text = ListBox1.Text.ToString

        'Wert der 2ten Spalte der selektierten Zeile in Textbox2 schreiben 
        'WIE???? So übernimmte es bislang auch nur den selben wert wie in TextBox1 
        'Irgendwie muss man doch an die 2te Spalte ran kommen? 

    End Sub

    Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
        'TODO: Diese Codezeile lädt Daten in die Tabelle "_K_ProjekteDataSet.ADDRESSES". Sie können sie bei Bedarf verschieben oder entfernen.
        Me.ADDRESSESTableAdapter.Fill(Me._K_ProjekteDataSet.ADDRESSES)

    End Sub

    Private Sub DataGridView1_CellContentClick(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewCellEventArgs)

    End Sub

    Private Sub ListBox1_SelectedIndexChanged(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles ListBox1.SelectedIndexChanged
        TextBox1.Text = ListBox1.Text.ToString
    End Sub

    Private Sub BindingSource1_CurrentChanged(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)

    End Sub

    Private Sub TEXT29_CurrentChanged(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles TEXT29.CurrentChanged

    End Sub

    Private Sub TextBox1_TextChanged(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles TextBox1.TextChanged
        TextBox2.Text = ListBox2.Text.ToString + 1
    End Sub

    Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click

        CobraMain = FindWindow("COBRAMain", vbNullString)
        'MClient = FindWindowEx(CobraMain, 0&, "msctls_statusbar32", vbNullString)
        'CobraMain = FindWindow("COBRAMain", vbNullString)
        MClient = FindWindowEx(CobraMain, 0&, "MDIClient", vbNullString)
        adl = FindWindowEx(MClient, 0&, "AfxFrameOrView70", vbNullString)
        AfxFrameOrView70 = FindWindowEx(adl, 0&, "AfxFrameOrView70", vbNullString)
        AfxWnd70 = FindWindowEx(AfxFrameOrView70, 0&, "AfxWnd70", vbNullString)
        F00040F22 = FindWindowEx(AfxWnd70, 0&, "AfxFrameOrView70", vbNullString)
        SysTabControl32 = FindWindowEx(F00040F22, 0&, "SysTabControl32", vbNullString)
        F00580F76 = FindWindowEx(SysTabControl32, 0&, "AfxFrameOrView70", vbNullString)
        F00040EC0 = FindWindowEx(F00580F76, 0&, "AfxFrameOrView70", vbNullString)
        F00040EBC = FindWindowEx(F00040EC0, 0&, "AfxFrameOrView70", vbNullString)
        F00040EBE = FindWindowEx(F00040EBC, 0&, "AfxFrameOrView70", vbNullString)
        F00060F00 = FindWindowEx(F00040EBE, 0&, "AfxFrameOrView70", vbNullString)
        F00060EE8 = FindWindowEx(F00060F00, 0&, "AfxFrameOrView70", vbNullString)
        AfxMDIFrame70 = FindWindowEx(F00060EE8, 0&, "AfxMDIFrame70", vbNullString)
        F00030EAC = FindWindowEx(AfxMDIFrame70, 0&, "AfxFrameOrView70", vbNullString)
        F00070ED0 = FindWindowEx(F00030EAC, 0&, "AfxFrameOrView70", vbNullString)
        F000B0EF2 = FindWindowEx(F00070ED0, 0&, "AfxFrameOrView70", vbNullString)
        F00040ECA = FindWindowEx(F000B0EF2, 2&, "AfxFrameOrView70", vbNullString)
        F00060F0C = FindWindowEx(F00040ECA, 2&, "AfxFrameOrView70", vbNullString)
        Projekte = FindWindowEx(F00060F0C, 0&, "Button", vbNullString)
        RichEdit20A = FindWindowEx(MClient, 0&, "RichEdit20A", vbNullString)

        SendMessageByString(RichEdit20A, WM_SETTEXT, 0, TextBox2.Text)
        
    End Sub

    Private Sub Button2_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button2.Click
        Close()
    End Sub
End Class

kind regards

Holger

**Half** · Apr 29th, 2009, 05:19 AM

Work it the other way around. Get WinID for a quicker handle reference if you wish. Then manually use the current handle of the last parent to check if the code actually returns the handle of RichEdit20A.

Code:

    Private Declare Auto Function FindWindowEx Lib "user32" _
    (ByVal parentHandle As IntPtr, ByVal childAfter As IntPtr, _
    ByVal ClassName As String, ByVal WindowTitle As String) As IntPtr



        '2055E was the handle from the screenshot, replace it with the current one 
        Dim ImportantHandle As IntPtr
        ImportantHandle = FindWindowEx(New IntPtr(&H2055E), IntPtr.Zero, "RichEdit20A", "210036")


        Dim Result As String
        Result = System.Convert.ToString(ImportantHandle.ToInt32, 16)
        MessageBox.Show(ImportantHandle.ToString)

**hugo.crank** · Apr 29th, 2009, 05:58 AM

Thank You!

I only receive the Message "0" by debugging.

My problem is the many childs. i can´t use the string "210036" finding the window. or think i wrong?

**Half** · Apr 29th, 2009, 04:10 PM

Most of the time it should work but let's try something else. Right click the RichEdit20A window in Spy++, select Properties and tell me what the Control ID is. It is in the General tab.

**hugo.crank** · Apr 29th, 2009, 11:45 PM

The Screenshot in the attachment show you all information. "Steuerelement-ID"=Control-ID is "00000001" can that be right???

**Half** · Apr 30th, 2009, 12:17 PM

This is going to be hard. See if you can get all the handles and if they change position between starts of the software. It would be better if you create a new project for testing.

Code:

Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices



    Private Declare Auto Function FindWindowEx Lib "user32" _
        (ByVal parentHandle As IntPtr, ByVal childAfter As IntPtr, _
        ByVal ClassName As String, ByVal WindowTitle As String) As IntPtr


    Private Declare Auto Function EnumChildWindows Lib "user32" _
       (ByVal WindowHandle As IntPtr, ByVal Callback As EnumWindowProcess, _
        ByVal lParam As IntPtr) As Boolean

    Public Delegate Function EnumWindowProcess(ByVal Handle As IntPtr, _
    ByVal Parameter As IntPtr) As Boolean



    Public Shared Function GetChildWindows(ByVal ParentHandle As IntPtr) As IntPtr()
        Dim ChildrenList As New List(Of IntPtr)
        Dim ListHandle As GCHandle = GCHandle.Alloc(ChildrenList)
        Try
            EnumChildWindows(ParentHandle, AddressOf EnumWindow, GCHandle.ToIntPtr(ListHandle))
        Finally
            If ListHandle.IsAllocated Then ListHandle.Free()
        End Try
        Return ChildrenList.ToArray
    End Function

    Private Shared Function EnumWindow(ByVal Handle As IntPtr, ByVal Parameter As IntPtr) As Boolean
        Dim ChildrenList As List(Of IntPtr) = CType(GCHandle.FromIntPtr(Parameter).Target, Global.System.Collections.Generic.List(Of Global.System.IntPtr))
        If ChildrenList Is Nothing Then Throw New Exception("GCHandle Target could not be cast as List(Of IntPtr)")
        ChildrenList.Add(Handle)
        Return True
    End Function


    Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) _
    Handles Button1.Click

        Dim MainHandle As IntPtr
        MainHandle = FindWindowEx(IntPtr.Zero, IntPtr.Zero, "COBRAmain", Nothing)

        Dim ChildHandles() As IntPtr = GetChildWindows(MainHandle)


        For i As Integer = 0 To ChildHandles.Length - 1
            ListBox1.Items.Add(i & ": " & System.Convert.ToString(ChildHandles(i).ToInt32, 16))
        Next

    End Sub

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