Controls not showing in Spy++

[mynab]

Hello, I would like to programatically drive the Open file dialog of Office 2000/XP. I therefore got the ID of the edit control where one can enter a filename and was looking for the ID of the OK button to send it a BM_CLICK message. However the control does not show up in Spy++: when I drag the Finder tool then the dialog is hilited and not the button. What kind of control can this be? ActiveX? Will I be able to send it a BM_CLICK message (or anyhting else that will validate the change I made in the edit with a WM_SETTEXT)? How? Regards, mynab

[Joel Lucsy]

Spy++ sometimes fails to be able to graphically pick certain controls. Look for it in the tree, it'll be there even tho you can pick it off the screen. There's nothing special about the button. In fact, if it's a OK button, then there's a good change the ID is IDOK. Joel Lucsy (jjlucsy@concentric.net)

[mynab]

No the control does not appear in the tree either. Even if I spy all the messages and I move the mouse over the button, then the WM_SETCURSOR messages that appear have the HWND of the dialog. If I move the mouse over the Filename RichEdit then the WM_SETCURSOR has a different HWND... Of course I tried GetDlgItem(IDOK) on the dialog but it returns NULL. Seems I am really stuck!

[mynab]

Great! I found one working solution... Instead of clicking the OK button (that I can't find) I simulate a VK_RETURN keypress. Works in Office 2000 ; hoping it works in Office XP! ::SendMessage(pEdit->GetSafeHwnd(), WM_KEYDOWN, VK_RETURN, 0x001c0001); ::SendMessage(pEdit->GetSafeHwnd(), WM_CHAR, VK_RETURN, 0x001c0001); ::SendMessage(pEdit->GetSafeHwnd(), WM_KEYUP, VK_RETURN, 0xc01c0001); mynab