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trapper · Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 2:32 am Post subject: WINDOW SEND Question

I have an application which starts another via the RUN command and then minimises it. Occasionally my application has to send keystrokes to the other but when it does it always comes out of the minimised state.

Is that something the WINDOW SEND command is doing because keystrokes can't be sent to a minimised application or is it just the other application is being restored by windows because windows thinks it has the focus when it is receiving keystrokes?

Basically, I want to know if I can send keystrokes to it and not have it restored if that's possible.

Cheers.

LiquidCode · Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 11:10 pm Post subject:

Yes, the window needs focus when sending keys. What about hiding the window?

trapper · Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 11:22 pm Post subject:

Thanks Chris... I did try that and repositioning it off the screen, however, it keeps restoring to the middle of the screen as soon as I send keystrokes to it.

I could do what I want via its icon in the system tray but I can't see any easy way of right-clicking on its icon and choosing a menu item.

Cheers.