sending click message to child button of a window.

[_T No name]

hi, i want to send a click message to a window button. i am able to enumerate the window and also find the handle of button as well but not able to send the click message. Actually the default focus is set on some another message if i send BM_CLICK message that call goes to other button not the one i am sending..... attached code is below

CWnd\* pWnd = NULL;
CWnd\* pWndBtn = NULL;
DWORD dwErr = 0;
while(true)
{
     CWnd\* WindowHandle = NULL;
     CWnd\* ButtonHandle = NULL;

     WindowHandle = FindWindow(NULL, L"Microsoft Office Outlook");

     if(WindowHandle)
     {
         ButtonHandle = FindWindowEx(WindowHandle->GetSafeHwnd(), 0, L"Button", L"Allow");

     //send a message to the button that you are "clicking" it. Surprisingly C++ understands what BM\_CLICK is without having to set it. Different than VB
         if(ButtonHandle)
         {
             CString strWnd ;
             ButtonHandle->GetWindowText(strWnd);
             WindowHandle->SetActiveWindow();
             ButtonHandle->SendMessage(BM\_CLICK ,0,0);
         }
     }
}

plz help.. i tried even setting window active also but dint work

[Nelek]

Can't you associate a member variable to that button and then send the BM_Click to that particular button? Does this[^] help you?

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[_T No name]

no event that dint help....

[Roger Allen]

Typically its the parent window that handles the BN_CLICKED event for a child window. As you can find the actual window you want to send the BN_CLICKED event for, all you need to do is get the control ID number using the GetDlgCtrlID() function on the button window. You can then use PostMessage to the buttons parent window using: parentWindow->PostMessage(WM_COMMAND, MAKELONG(buttonId, BN_CLICKED), buttonHwnd) (I only had a quick and dirty look at the docs for this but I think it should work, you may have to sort out the parameters to make sure their correct)

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[_T No name]

i have tried this also... but this also does not work.. You know what happend if i click anywhere on my desktop or elsewhere than message starts going. i dont quiet understand whats happening.

[Roger Allen]

Have you tried SendMessage instead? Other than that I am not sure what to suggest. X|

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[_T No name]

i have tried that also i am afraid that also does not work.. i tried SendInput() with MOUSE_EVENT just to simulate the click event than this message is going but sometimes what happens this SendMessage goes to the default button in the window. The button i want to send the message is not the default button. :(