On 7/12/07, Karthikeyan M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> Hi All,
>
> I'm able to do it for a calculator window. Thanks a lot.
>
> But I get stuck, when there is a window inside a window. I couldn't get
> the handle for the inside window.
>
> For example, in Adobe photo shop, we have so many windows inside the
> main window. I've no clue how to get the handle for those windows.
>
> Help will be greatly appreciated.
>
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> From: [email protected] <c-prog%40yahoogroups.com> [mailto:
> [email protected] <c-prog%40yahoogroups.com>] On Behalf
> Of Thomas Hruska
> Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2007 12:55 AM
> To: [email protected] <c-prog%40yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: Re: [c-prog] Can we access menus using C program?
>
> Karthikeyan M wrote:
> > Hi guys,
> >
> > I want to access the menus of some other running application using a C
> -
> > program. I dunno how to proceed. So far, I've found how to create a
> > handle for the window. Say, if I want to access the menus of a
> > calculator application,
> >
> > int main (void){
> > HWND calc;
> > calc = FindWindow (NULL, "Calculator");
> > }
> >
> > After this I couldn't find how to proceed further to access the menus.
> > Help will be appreciated.
>
> Karthikeyan,
>
> Menus under Windows are generally "black boxes". I suggest using a tool
> like Spy++ or Winspector Spy to watch the window of the calculator
> process. Specifically, you are looking for WM_COMMAND messages sent as
> a result of clicking a menu item. Each WM_COMMAND is unique for each
> menu item (and will rarely change its value between software
> builds/versions), so all you have to do is use SendMessage() to replay
> the command from your application.
>
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What do you get from SPY++?
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