Is there any way to send a key press of the enter key? I have a msg that appears after exporting an xml file, but is executes another one right after that. The problem is that every time it finishes one file, a msg appears telling that its done. I just want to send the enter key press to bypass it. Thanks

Clay,

Perhaps I'm missing something because of the technical responses you've been getting. However, from what I read it sounds like this is a message box being generated from OI. If so, then why can't you send a CLICK event to the window's OK button?

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Clay,

keybd_event is exported from USER32.DLL. You need to generate a stub function (with DECLARE_FCNS) so OI can recognize the exported function. To do that:

1) Go into SYSPROG. In a record (I create a record called DLL_USER32_EXTRA in SYSPROCS, to set it apart from DLL_USER32, which define the functions OI exports), enter the following two lines.

USER32

LONG STDCALL keybd_event(BYTE, BYTE, LONG, LONG)

2) Save DLL_USER32_EXTRA.

3) In the System Editor Exec Line, enter:

RUN DECLARE_FCNS 'DLL_API_USER32'

If successful, you'll get a message that $KEYBD_EVENT was written to SYSOBJ. This lets OI see Keybd_event.

4) Exit SYSPROG, and log into your application. The code below will pass the ENTER key to a text box (say from a menu item). Uncomment the last two lines to simulate a click - you need to simulate a keyup as well.

declare function keybd_event

rv='

VK_ENTER=13

Scan_Code=0

Flags=0

Extra_Info=0

rv=keybd_event(VK_ENTER, Scan_Code, Flags, Extra_Info)

/* to simulate a button click, add a keyup

Flags=2

rv=keybd_event(VK_ENTER, Scan_Code, Flags, Extra_Info)

*/

Here's a link to keybd_event MSDN Web site:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/winui/winui/windowsuserinterface/userinput/keyboardinput/keyboardinputreference/keyboardinputfunctions/keybd_event.asp

The virtual keys you can pass are documented here:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/winui/WinUI/WindowsUserInterface/UserInput/VirtualKeyCodes.asp

Ira

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Clay,

I know the following code sends a delete key:

keybd_event( 46, 0, 0, 0 )

Similar calls would handle other keys, based on the key mappings in the windows development include files.

But why not set the message to non-display in the interface designer? One caution here, which I encountered just today, is that non-display messages do return a response. If you are checking response for a processing message image, this might cause an error.

Gerald

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