Dialog vs dialog (mfc)

Hello thanks again,

all works fine, using sendinput or keyboard_event.
but hitting a new problem......
the editcontrol of dailog -B- can handle only 5 chars. (Then it hops to the NEXT button)
so when I shoot over "bunny" the edit control is full.
when I shoot over "horse" at this time, funny things are happening, this what I
described earlier. And the bunny is still there. So how do I clear the content
of the editcontrol before I can send over the "horse".

tried SetWindowtext(""), not satisfied (maybe in combination with ...)

regards,

ger

Since you are essentially automating the application, I would approach the problem from an automation point of view.

I would use Active Accessability to manipulate the controls (button clicks, tab clicks, selecting items and so on). For edit boxes I would use SendInput.

Sending characters to perform window navigation isn't reliable (as you have found out).

@Arjay,

That is going to be difficult, new challenge........

anyway.

Do you have any examples on the UIAutomation, not necessary related to my problem.
the ones I found are C#

on the other hand do I really have to go that far, as I only have to reset tab order.
the state on the initdialog, and/or clear the editcontrol.

thanks,

ger

Hi All,

to circum navigate the UIautomation....

did some digging, using sendinput() or the keyb_event()
will do the job.
But there is one small item...
I need an init state, like the one on initdialog.
so I found out, I need to find the BS_DEFAULT button!
how can this be comp.

If, I can use GetButtonStyle()
how do I implement this?

regards,

ger