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[harry]

hi guys,
i know these have asked befor
but i want to put some info in a edit box
in the "shoutcast source" window if you know the program
window spy comes up with the info
%65878 ## 32770 "shoutcast source"
and the spot to put info
%65996 #edit

what is the best way, window send or dde?
i tried dde but get 'invalid when no window' error
maybe a quick example?
tx

[ShinobiSoft]

Example::

dialog set,edit,@wintext(%shoutcast_window_handle)

[harry]

but... maybe i didn't explain to good
the info goes into a editbox in the shoutcast program
not a vds window
i thought "dialog set, edit " works only with vds?

[ShinobiSoft]

You are correct. I misunderstood your question.

Example:

%%text = This is some text
window settext,%%shoutcast_edit,%%text

[harry]

there are no constant window_ids (except window title)
with 4 tabs with 4-6 edit boxes each id changes .
i tried window acuate & posititon and got the cordnates of the edit
but if a window( in this case it was the vds coding window)
is on top it would get the info .
this has to be bullit proof ,any suggestions?

[ShinobiSoft]

Always check for the window ID for the ShoutCast window when you
need or want to set the contents of the editbox.

[vtol]

I dont know if you could parse @TABs and then WindowSpy the ladder to find class names or Identifiers.

May help:
http://www.vdsworld.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4028&highlight=class

I seen a good winSPY program someone wrote here, but accidently clicked the X and cant find the page now

[harry]

looks like i might get where i want to go with the bit of code
you posted

but there is not a lot of documation on @window()
CHILD|OWNER|FIRST|LAST|PREV|NEXT

i understand child & owner , what all does FIRST|LAST|PREV|NEXT
really do ?

and how do i know to step in one more layer and read all elements

[DaveR]

First and last are pretty much self explanitary.

For a picture and some more info on next and previous have a look at this post:
http://www.vdsworld.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=32675#32675

[harry]

Thanks Dave
i was using windowspy
to help me see what i was calling with @widow()
but your explanation sure helped

the 4.5 version of window spy is kind of
crummy it doesn't display the window ids in a nice order
it was a big help ot use vds 5's window spy