FindObject

[PepsiHog]

Hello,

Curious if there is a solution to this small little problem. I want to send text to a console window. Basically, a window like cmd window in Windows.

VLC has what is called a console. I want to send text to the window but like ObjectSendKeys I don't want to have to set focus to the window. I finally realized the window does not have a control so FindObject will not work.

Anyone? Anyone? Please.

[Marcus Tettmar]

If it doesn't have a handle then there's probably no way to do it.

[PepsiHog]

@Marcus,

It has a handle. I don't believe it has an object. Does a dos command window have an object? I thought maybe it could be treated as an edit, but I had no luck with that.

You were probably distracted or half asleep, because you know all windows have handles. So I guess you meant "object". Or.......do they? (object, control, whatever. School me on this.)

@Everyone,

Anyone know of a video player that may be perfect for controlling with FindObject?

Thanks for helping.

[Marcus Tettmar]

Not sure what you are saying.

It depends what you mean by objects - this is a rather generic term that could mean pretty much anything. In Windows, only "windowed controls" have handles. These are the things we can send "messages" to to try and manipulate and are what we see in the View System Windows tool.

The "DOS" (it's not DOS) command window will have a handle. What goes on inside that I have no idea. Look at the View System Windows tool. If there are child objects (windowed controls) inside it you should see that in the tree hierarchy.