PS I just came across this example -

vb Code:
  1. Private Declare Function SendMessageString Lib "user32" Alias "SendMessageA" (ByVal hWnd As Long, ByVal wMsg As Long, ByVal wParam As Integer, ByVal lParam As Any) As Long
  2. Private Const WM_SETTEXT = &HC
  3. Private Declare Function FindWindowEx Lib "user32" Alias "FindWindowExA" (ByVal hWnd1 As Long, ByVal hWnd2 As Long, ByVal lpsz1 As String, ByVal lpsz2 As String) As Long
  4. Private Declare Function FindWindow Lib "user32" Alias "FindWindowA" (ByVal lpClassName As String, ByVal lpWindowName As String) As Long
  5.  
  6. Private Sub Form_Load()
  7.     Dim lhWnd As Long
  8.     lhWnd = FindWindow("Notepad", vbNullString)
  9.     lhWnd = FindWindowEx(lhWnd, 0, "Edit", vbNullString)
  10.     SendMessageString lhWnd, WM_SETTEXT, 0, "Hi people!"
  11. End Sub

Is there an advantage in using SendMessageString ?