PB12.5: sending keystrokes to IE OLEObject using keybd_event function/subroutine

[itek2014]

Hello,

In the program I am writing, I created an OLEObject to connect to a webpage in Internet Explorer that results in an automatic pop-up prompting me for my credentials. I've been trying to avoid having to switch tabs and manually click OK by instead sending the "ENTER" keystroke to the window using Sybase's keybd_event subroutine (

http://www.sybase.com/detail?id=47760).

I declared the subroutine as an External Global Function and added the code where it was needed. The interesting thing is is that the program successfully presses the OK button in the pop-up window when I step through each line in debugger mode, but it fails to do so when I compile and run it. Could anyone give any suggestions as to how to fix this?

Thanks!

 

[mbalent]

Are you sure the other apps window is active at the time you trigger the keypress?

Matt

"Nature forges everything on the anvil of time"

http://www.anvil-of-time.com

 

[itek2014]

Matt, I checked again and the IE window is not actually active. I tried using the Handle and SetFocus functions to fix this, but neither worked. Someone suggested to me that the reason was because the IE window is not a PowerBuilder object and thus cannot be controlled using those methods. Is there another way to bring the window into focus?