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  1. Mar 30th, 2003, 12:04 PM #1
    The_Dragon
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    SendMessage to dos program under WXP

    How can I send a text message to a dos program... program 'edit' for example... i just cant seem to send anything to it... no sendkeys doesnt do what i want...

    so far i got this:

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    Dim zatacka As Long, editx As Long
zatacka = FindWindow(vbNullString, "Opdrachtprompt - edit")
'editx = FindWindowEx(notepad, 0&, "edit", vbNullString)
'Call SendMessageByString(editx, WM_SETTEXT, 0, Text1)
Debug.Print zatacka
Call PostMessage(zatacka, WM_KEYDOWN, &H61, 0)
Call PostMessage(zatacka, WM_KEYUP, &H61, 0)
    it can find the hwnd but no text appears
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  2. Mar 30th, 2003, 01:30 PM #2
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    probably dos programs don't work the same way as window progs, i don't think dos progs work on the sendmessage system, and the only reason you can find the hwnd is because windows emulates a dos window
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  3. Mar 31st, 2003, 05:55 AM #3
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    yeah thats why i was trying to send it to the emulator...
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  4. Mar 31st, 2003, 02:44 PM #4
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    what emulator?
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  6. Mar 31st, 2003, 06:19 PM #5
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    Well, I've looked in to this for the last 20 minutes... and I guess the end result is gonna make you say 'Awww crud!'

    There doesn't seem to any easy way to do this. But here's some background on how these things run that should help:


    http://www.microsoft.com/msj/default...8/hood0898.htm
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  7. May 17th, 2010, 09:30 PM #6
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    Re: SendMessage to dos program under WXP

    Check this out... it works for me.
    http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.php?t=614894
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