What is funny is that I can see the focus on the textbox in the password window (the cursor flashes hundreds of times in it so the setfocus is at least working) by testing the below:

DO WHILE Checkwin('Password')
   WAIT WINDOW "Cursor is flashing in textbox of password window" NOWAIT
ENDDO
RETURN

FUNCTION CheckWin
PARAMETER tcTitle

* Routine which sees if an application is active by looking for its
* Window title
* expC1 Window title

DECLARE INTEGER FindWindow IN Win32API AS FindWindow STRING, STRING

lnwindow = FindWindow(0,tcTitle)
IF lnwindow > 0
	#DEFINE WM_KEYDOWN  0x0100
	#DEFINE WM_SYSCOMMAND  0x0112 
	#DEFINE WM_COMMAND 0x00110818 
	#DEFINE WM_KEYUP 0x0101
	#DEFINE WM_SETFOCUS 0x0007	
	
	DECLARE SHORT PostMessage IN user32; 
    INTEGER   hWnd,; 
    INTEGER   Msg,; 
    STRING   @wParam,; 
    INTEGER   lParam 
 
	hwnd = lnwindow
	cmessage = 'password'+CHR(13)+CHR(0)
	ReturnValue = PostMessage(hwnd,WM_SETFOCUS,0,0)
	ReturnValue = PostMessage(hwnd,WM_KEYDOWN, @cmessage,0)
	ReturnValue = PostMessage(hwnd,WM_KEYUP, @cmessage,0)
	RETURN .T.
ELSE
	RETURN .F.
ENDIF

hello Tracy,
>
>maybe i am way off here but there are two things i am thinking of right now:
>
>1. i you send keystrokes, make sure there is an object on the 'password' window that knows what to do with it. if u whant to fill a text box, make sure the textbox has the focus when the window receives the message. if u need to send some data to some of your code in the window, you need to register a new message with windows, and then catch it manually.
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>2. if you have a textbox (not an editbox), i don't think you should send a chr(13) after the string, because then you're sending a two-liner, and the text box will show you the 2nd line (which is empty).
>
>hope i am not too far off :-)
>
>
>
>>Well the below should work, but nothing gets put in the password window.
>>
>>

>>DO WHILE CheckWin('Password')
>>   *--This will display until I close the password window as it should
>>   WAIT WINDOW "Found the password window" NOWAIT
>>ENDDO
>>RETURN
>>
>>FUNCTION CheckWin
>>PARAMETER tcTitle
>>
>>lnwindow = FindWindow(0,tcTitle)
>>IF lnwindow > 0
>>   #DEFINE WM_KEYDOWN  0x0100
>>   DECLARE SHORT SendMessage IN user32;
>>       INTEGER   hWnd,;
>>       INTEGER   Msg,;
>>       STRING  @ wParam,;
>>       INTEGER   lParam
>>
>>    hwnd = lnwindow
>>    cmessage = 'password'+CHR(13)
>>    ReturnValue = SendMessage(hwnd, WM_KEYDOWN, @cmessage, 0)
>>    RETURN .T.
>>ELSE
>>    RETURN .F.
>>ENDIF
>>

>>
>>Yet if I run that loop the wait window displays nonstop (as it should) until I close the password window. Once I do that, it exits the loop because lnwindow returns false. So everything is working EXCEPT sending the keystrokes to taht password window... Sheesh, you'd think it was Friday! :o()