>This goes along with the question I asked last week;
>
>I'm trying to trigger som action in EXE 1 from within EXE 2.
>
>I have the handle of EXE 1, and I want to call into it from
>within EXE 2. So I figured I could just call a menu item in
>the target EXE.
>
>So let me ask you this - I now have the code below; how would I call
>SendMessage to trigger a menu item?
>
>Many thanks George!
>
>
>
>This is temporary. Known handle for testing
>#DEFINE WIN_HANDLE 29229712
>
>CLEAR
>
>DO Declares
>
>nMenuHandle = GetMenu(WIN_HANDLE)
>nPadHandle = GetSubMenu(nMenuHandle, 0) && First pad on the menu
>nBarHandle = GetMenuItemId(nPadHandle, 0) && First bar
>
>
>* Need the correct syntax here
>*=SendMessage(WIN_HANDLE, , , )
>
>
>FUNCTION Declares
>
>  DECLARE INTEGER GetMenu IN User32;
>    INTEGER hWnd
>
>  DECLARE INTEGER GetMenuItemID IN User32;
>    INTEGER hWnd, INTEGER Pos
>
>  DECLARE INTEGER GetSubMenu IN User32;
>    INTEGER hWnd, INTEGER Pos
>
>  DECLARE INTEGER SendMessage IN user32;
>    INTEGER hWnd,;
>    INTEGER Msg,;
>    INTEGER wParam,;
>    INTEGER lParam
>
>RETURN
>

Kevin,

I've never tried it. My gut reaction would be to use the Windows Script Host's Shell object's SendKeys method to activate the menu item or SendMessage to send the desired key press combinations.

I'll poke around, however, and if I come up with something I'll let you know.