diffrent program manipulatio

[Quell]

Hello.
i got this program # 1, wich does some crap.....
and now i am making program #2, and i need the program #2 to be able to manipulate program #1. By manipulate i mean i want to be able to call dialog reasources to open, button pressed, edit filed filed in /cleared etc....i want to be able to manipulate all the resource of other program from this one.
how can i do that>?

[darwen]

Not easily.

You can pass messages between both apps which are declared by ::RegisterWindowsMessage.

Or, alternatively, your could turn app #1 into a COM local server (like with Word).

Why do you want to do this out of interest ? I've been writing code for years and have never had to have one application driving another. It suggests that your design is wrong and needs more thought.

Darwen.

[mikedershowitz]

I agree with Darwen, becuae the real way that you could get app2 to control app1 would be by opening app1 up in a number of different ways, either through the exe or a dll, etc. What are you tyring to do?