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Hemant_india

2006-03-24, 4:15 am

hi everbody
i am trying to use sheel function at activate wordpad through vb
is there any way to use properties of wordpa?
myobj=shell(pathname,windowstat)

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hemu
Hemant_india

2006-03-24, 7:11 pm


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hemu


"Hemant_india" wrote:

> hi everbody
> i am trying to use sheel function at activate wordpad through vb
> is there any way to use properties of wordpa?
> myobj=shell(pathname,windowstat)
> i am using sendkeys statement along woth shell

i have more than 200 characters in a single line

> --
> hemu

Douglas J. Steele

2006-03-25, 8:02 am

I don't believe WordPad exposes itself for Automation, if that's what you're
asking.

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Doug Steele, Microsoft Access MVP
http://I.Am/DougSteele
(no private e-mails, please)


"Hemant_india" <Hemantindia@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:CB71F42C-DCDB-403D-9824-058A2D65B0AB@microsoft.com...
> hi everbody
> i am trying to use sheel function at activate wordpad through vb
> is there any way to use properties of wordpa?
> myobj=shell(pathname,windowstat)
>
> --
> hemu



Hemant_india

2006-03-31, 8:04 am

Dim myshell,
myshell = Shell("C:\Program Files\Windows NT\Accessories\wordpad.EXE", 1)
AppActivate myshell ' Activate the wordpad.
try this
but when i use sendkeys horizontal scrollbar do not appear
can u help please?
--
hemu


"Douglas J. Steele" wrote:

> I don't believe WordPad exposes itself for Automation, if that's what you're
> asking.
>
> --
> Doug Steele, Microsoft Access MVP
> http://I.Am/DougSteele
> (no private e-mails, please)
>
>
> "Hemant_india" <Hemantindia@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:CB71F42C-DCDB-403D-9824-058A2D65B0AB@microsoft.com...
>
>
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