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FindWindow and PostMessage compile problems
Sorry about the first postmessage line and the italics. In my code the S is followed by a [ i ], but on this site, that creates italics.- poicito
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- Forum: Microsoft: Visual C++
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FindWindow and PostMessage compile problems
One more question. I put that same code into a DLL and it gives me a error C2440: 'initializing' : cannot convert from 'struct HWND__ *' to 'class CWnd *' error Here's what I'm putting in: int _stdcall MacexGo(LPCTSTR S) { CWnd *pWnd = FindWindow( NULL , "Macro Express Player" )...- poicito
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- Forum: Microsoft: Visual C++
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FindWindow and PostMessage compile problems
THANKS!!! That worked. The working code looks like this: void CAboutDlg::OnButton1() { LPCTSTR S; S = "TESTMACRO"; CWnd *pWnd = FindWindow( NULL , "Macro Express Player" ); HWND hWnd = pWnd->GetSafeHwnd(); int tt; tt = WM_USER + 20; int...- poicito
- Post #3
- Forum: Microsoft: Visual C++
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FindWindow and PostMessage compile problems
I am a total newbie at VC++ (I am a pathetic, lowly VB programmer). I am creating a program in VC++ to send some information via PostMessage to a program called MacroExpress (to tell it to run a specific macro, etc). When compiling, I get the postmessagea "function does not take 4...- poicito
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- Forum: Microsoft: Visual C++
