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Matt26
Matt26

Reputation: 61

Select a menu item in another application

I am using VB6 to try and select a menu item in a sub menu of a third-party application. I can get the ID for the menu item I want to click but now I am not sure how to actually click the button in order to have the related actions run. Here is my code so far:

hwnd = FindWindow(psClassname, vbNullString)
If hwnd > 0 Then
Call SetForegroundWindow(hwnd)
mwnd = GetMenu(hwnd)
sub_menu = GetSubMenu(mwnd, 0)
button_ID = GetMenuItemID(sub_menu, 0)

Call SetFocus(button_ID)

I get the error:

Wrong number of arguments or invalid property assignment

I've also tried using:

Call SendMessage(button_ID, BM_CLICK, 0, 0)

but this didn't work either. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1339

Answers (1)

Bond
Bond

Reputation: 16311

If you have the ID of the menu item, you can just send/post a WM_COMMAND message to its parent that includes the ID. For example:

Private Const WM_COMMAND As Long = &H111

SendMessage hwnd, WM_COMMAND, button_ID, ByVal 0&

Upvotes: 2

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