Thanks Sheri, That was the ticket, where is the syntax explanation?
--- In [email protected], "Sheri" <sheri...@...> wrote:
>
> --- In [email protected], "majesticartz" <majesticartz@>
wrote:
> >
> > postmessage(han, msg, wp, lp)
> >
> > Let's say I want to send a WM_command 770 to notepad
> >
>
> WM_command is a constant, if you google "define wm_command" you will
> find it is 0x111. Decimal conversion of 0x111 is 273. You can use
the
> hex or decimal value in postmessage and sendmessage. Or you could
> define a variable wm_command equal to the hex or decimal value and
use
> the variable wm_command as the argument. Similarly, the constant
value
> for wm_paste is 770.
>
> Notepad must already be running. Notepad needs to have focus to
> process the message. I think if you use postmessage when notepad
> doesn't have focus, the message will never be processed. If you use
> sendmessage, it will be processed when notepad gets focus.
>
> win.setfocus(win.handle("=notepad"))
> win.postmessage(win.handle("=notepad"), 273, 770, 0)
>
> Regards,
> Sheri
>
