WinHandler lets you manipulate the existing windows on your system. You can resize, move, change style and text, kill, copy, paste, undo etc. All by using Win32 API calls.
It is a good demonstration (in my opinion) of Enumeration functions, SendMessage() and SetWindowPos()
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can you tell me how to get the window text from a edit box like you can set it in an edit box? great code! i gave it an excellent (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
Hey, this is semi-relevant. If anyone knows, although this is directed to Kimon, please email me at The_Only_One_Left@hotmail.com. Anyway here's my question. For example, different instances of the Instant Message box in AIM have the same class name but different handles. However, they are all the same level, as in, not child or parent to each other. Is there a way to cycle through all the different IMs and retrieve information from each? Thanks. (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
Jared: If you check the source code, in the function "EnumWindowProc" in the module "basMain" I use the function "GetClassName" which returns a string. You can use this function in your own "EnumWindowProc" and disregard all windows whose class name is not the one you're looking for.
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I know that the MSDN docs say that you can't change window styles after the window has been created. I want to change a style on-the-fly. Can it be done? Specifically I want to inhibit the resizing of a window in a foreign application. (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
can anyone tell my how to have my form load modally to a window that is not a part of my program but i do have the hWnd for. I'm trying to use this for the settings window of a screensaver i want it to unload if the user unloads the display properties window. any help would be greatly appreciated. rlh7234@excite.com (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
Thank you very much for the code! You've done an excellent job. I have a very strong need, though, that I was hoping you could help me with. I need to be able to release as many Windows Resources as possible. Do you know of any code that would work in WIN95, WIN98, and WIN2000? Your help would be very much appreciated.
Also, exactly what does your REFRESH WINDOWS command do?
Thanks again for your work. (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
Hey your code is wonderful, I gave it an excellent. But I have a question, when I run notepad with your program and then i select notepad and settext in the notepad using child window it works fine, but how can I paste the text continuing from the cursor, suppose I write hello, in notepad and then switch to your code and type "how are you" in the text box of child window and after that the notepad displays me hello, how are you (i.e it pastes the how are you after hello, Please let me know this, I'm very depressed over this one. (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
Jeff, If you want to set the text for a entrybox you need three things. You need the API, the constant and a window handle for a textbox.
Private Declare Function SendMessageByString Lib "user32" Alias "SendMessageA" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal wMsg As Long, ByVal wParam As Long, ByVal lParam As String) As Long Private Const WM_SETTEXT = &HC
Sub Main() call SendMessageByString(frmMain.Text1.hWnd, WM_SETTEXT, 0&, "Hello") End Sub (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
great code, but i could not find what i needed i need a code to recieve the text thats currently in the textbox. do you know how to do that? please help :'( mail me if you know (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
eqbert and iron... for winds and controls stuff check out this page. http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/docs/ Free vb dll also available there. (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
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