Sending Text to another app using wm_paste

[rwblinn]

I want to sent text using sendmessage and wm_paste to another app like notepad or outlook memo-field. this works fine for notepad, but not for outlook or winword. what do i do wrong. I use
1/Memo1.CopyToClipboard;
to send selected text from memo field to clipboard.

2/hWndParent := FindWindow(nil, PChar(sWindow));
to find the window where the text should go. sWindow is f.e.'notepad' or 'new message' for outlook
3/hWndChild := ChildWindowFromPoint(hWndParent, point(50,50));
to get the handle of the window I want to sent text to.
4/SendMessage(hWndChild, WM_PASTE, 1, 0);
to paste the text into the window

Note: I tried using wm_char. Same result as described above

 

[Raven078]

Maybe u should try different coordinates, or you can try to get the handle of the focussed childwindow. But if you know the handle or classname of the editfield already you can setfocus to them. (and then you can use the WM_SetText message)