Sendmessage to Notepad

[Dratf]

Should be simple enough, but i cant get it to work. First time using API.

Im trying to send text to a Notepad window. Code is below:

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winHwnd = FindWindow(vbNullString, "notepad.txt - Notepad")
If winHwnd <> 0 Then
msgbox "found"
SendMessage winHwnd, WM_SETTEXT, 0, "hello"
end if
---

It finds the proper window, hence I get "found" in a msgbox.
But it does not send the "hello" to the Notepad.

What am i doing wrong? Sample code would be appreciated. Thanx.

[Conniver]

I believe you need to (to put it in VB Terims) find the Textbox inside the Notepad form. Your writing to the Form not the editable part =)

[Dratf]

alright.. but how do i go on about doing that? Sample code anyone? =)

[TheSarlacc]

altho it isnt an API call, ues AppActivate to switch to notepad once u have found the window. just a sugestion.

[Dratf]

that would work if im going to use Sendkeys. But thats not what im after, i would like to send keystrokes to notepad without it being the active app. In other words i would be working on the comp on a different application while my VB prog sends keys to notepad in the background.

I looked all over the vbforums and vb-world examples but couldnt come up with something that would work.. except for one example that closes the notepad window.


still looking for help