Window with No Title

[sailor dude]

How can I manipulate a window that has no title. Below is the description using View System Windows - Copy all text.

69838 - ThunderRT6FormDC ""

I tried a number of approaches without success. I am using MS 8.1 with WinXP.

[Marcus Tettmar]

You can use FindWindow/FindWindowEx. Is this a parent window? If so you might just be able to do:

LibFunc>user32,FindWindowA,hwnd,ThunderRT6FormDC,

hwnd now has the handle of the window and you can then use the regular window functions with the WIN_USEHANDLE variable set:

Let>WIN_USEHANDLE
SetFocus>hwnd

If this window is a child window you might need a FindWindowEx or two. Search the forums for FindWindowA and FindWindowEx - there are a number of examples. Or feel free to provide more details.

[sailor dude]

Using LibFunc>user32... Solved the Problem

ThunderRT6FormDC is a parent window.

What is FindWindow/FindWindowEx? I only can identify FindWindowWithText in the list of commands? I did try Fin without success. ThunderRT6FormDC has child windows with no titles that are forms, buttons, and other objects.

Do you know of a good book/website that describes how to use User32?

Thanks for the great support

[Marcus Tettmar]

>What is FindWindow/FindWindowEx?

FindWindowA and FindWindowEx are functions of User32.

>Do you know of a good book/website that describes how to
>use User32?

http://www.microsoft.com

[jpuziano]

Hi sailor dude,

Did you Search the forums here for FindWindowEx? I just did and found a handful of posts, some with examples. Here are a few you might find helpful:

• Any limitation on how "deep" you can walk controls
  
  Would like to avoid using FindImage or WaitPixelColor...
  
  Better ability to grab windows

If you do find any more helpful info out there on this (other than what's on Microsoft's site) please post the links.

Thanks and take care

[sailor dude]

I did find a helpful link to using API calls besides Microsoft.

http://allapi.mentalis.org/agnet/apiguide.shtml

Thanks again

[jpuziano]

Hi sailor dude,

I just installed their free APIGuide. It looks like it was developed to help Visual Basic programmers use API calls (examples for 900+ API functions are in Visual Basic code) but it should be helpful for us as well.

We can only dream that one day, such a resource might be available with examples showing how to call hundreds of API functions from MacroScript. Until then, reading these forums is the best way I know of to keep learning more.

Thanks for sharing that link and take care.