ShellExecute Problem

[paul51]

I would like to open up notepad from my S/W and print different messages. I am trying to use ShellExecute, but it is not working. Notepad is opening, but I cannot get anything to print.

ShellExecute(0, "open", "NOTEPAD.exe", 'some text to print', NULL, SW_SHOWNORMAL);

Can anyone help with this?

 

[shetlandbob]

I'm dont think this would be possible! (happy to be proved wrong) see MSDN

You can open a file for sure, but doubt you can open an exe then try to "print"/type text in.

Robert Cumming

http://www.consultantengineer.co.uk

 

[paul51]

I thought it was impossible, but then I found that it does work in VB using the 'SENDKEY' command. I am hoping that VC has a comparable command.

 

[LazyMe]

SendKey is a terrible way of doing stuff. What if your destination window doesn't have the focus anymore? Your SendKey data will end up in de window that does have the focus at the time.

I never use ShellExecute; always use CreateProcess (don't know why; just a habit....). With CreateProcess(), WaitForInputIdle(), GetGUIThreadInfo() in the exact same order, you can get a handle to your notepad window with which you can use SendMessage to send text to the window (I presume....).

Greetings,
Rick