keystrokes in richedit control

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procyon

Joined: 07 Sep 2007
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procyon 07 Sep 2007, 21:58

Hi,

I have a window with a richedit control. I can load a file into the control with EM_STREAMIN and find required text with EM_FINDTEXTEX. My problem is that I want the program to be able to automatically modify parts of the loaded file, but cannot figure how to send keystrokes to the control. I have tried using:

invoke SendMessage, [ReCtlHnd], WM_NOTIFY, ReCtl, mylParam

and filling the NMHDR and MSGFILTER with the relevant info, but it does not generate a WM_NOTIFY message. i.e. I have an int3 in the WM_NOTIFY section of my WndProc and the above SendMessage does not go there.

How can I simulate keystrokes to a richedit control?

TIA

pro

07 Sep 2007, 21:58

farrier

Joined: 26 Aug 2004
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Location: North Central Mississippi

farrier 08 Sep 2007, 14:16

procyon,

You can use,

keybd_event

Use it once to send a key down event, and then again to send a key up event. You can also use this to send ALT-key and CTRL-key combinations by sending the ALT key down event, then the key down event, then the key up event, and finally the ALT key up event.

hth,

farrier

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08 Sep 2007, 14:16

procyon

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procyon 09 Sep 2007, 12:05

Hi farrier,

Yes, it did indeed help Wink

Looks like I was trying to make things too complicated, lol

thanks

pro

09 Sep 2007, 12:05

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