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Sending Messages
- Introduction
- Simple Commands
- More Commands
- Getting Values
- Setting Properties
Setting Properties
Using Messaging, you can also set properties of controls. One of these is the redraw properties. For example, when you add lots of items to a listbox, or move the position of a cursor around a text box before restoring it to its previous position you will see lots of flickering. This is because the control is redrawing every time you add an item, or change the selection. Using messaging, you can change a property to stop this. Two are listed below
Const WM_SETFOCUS = &H7
Const WM_SETREDRAW = &HB
Using the constants above, you normally use the following syntax:
SendMessage(ControlName.hWnd, Constant, TRUE_OR_FALSE, 0& )
Where ControlName is the name of the control, Constant is one of the constants above, and TRUE_OR_FALSE is either True or False. The following example will stop Text1 from redrawing (ie the control being updated).
SendMessage(Text1.hWnd, WM_SETREDRAW, False, 0& )
To allow it to redraw, simply change False to True. Sometimes, if the control things it does not need to redraw, you need to force it to redraw:
Text1.Refresh
The following example will stop Text1 from ever getting the focus. You will receive the GotFocus event once, and then never again, until you call the SendMessage procedure and change False to True
SendMessage Text1.hwnd, WM_SETFOCUS, False, 0&
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I wanted to use sendmessage in VB.net
As Integer
with following declaration
<DllImport("user32.dll", CharSet:=CharSet.Auto)> _
Public Shared Function SendMessage( _
ByVal handle As IntPtr, _
ByVal message As Integer, _
ByVal wParam As IntPtr, _
ByVal lParam As String _
 
end function
But I am not getting the required text but I am getting windows text.
Actually I am trying to get user typed URL from the address bar of IE.
But the functions returns IE windows text
Could any one suggest me how to solve this problem
I want to store all the keystrokes from diiferent windows programs. Like i am typing in word, writing code in VB, editing a Txt file or filling information on web as i am doiing now.....I want to get all the keystrokes....stored in a file.
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