Newbie question? - TCL

max.veen@gmail.com wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Is there a way to control a button of another windows application from
> within Tcl/Tk?
> Any help I would appreciate!
>
> Max

On windows you can use the "twapi" extension which has commands to send
mouse and key events to other windows.

On Mon, 3 Dec 2007 02:34:54 -0800 (PST), max.veen@gmail.com wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>Is there a way to control a button of another windows application from
>within Tcl/Tk?
>Any help I would appreciate!
Hi Max,
on Windows I have used cwind (http://wiki.tcl.tk/5019) with good
success.
Of course you have to watch out for 2 caveats:
- You have to control the complete environment on the machine in
question (else an email notification window or something similar pops
up and receives your - simulated - key strokes or button presses), and
- give the application you want to control enough time to react to any
stimulation before you send the next (considering slow machines, too).

Good luck.
Helmut Giese

max.veen@gmail.com wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Is there a way to control a button of another windows application from
> within Tcl/Tk?
> Any help I would appreciate!

The answer is yes, but how you do it is platform specific.

What OS are you using?


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| Gerald W. Lester |
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On 3 dec, 12:47, Helmut Giese <hgi...@ratiosoft.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 3 Dec 2007 02:34:54 -0800 (PST), max.v...@gmail.com wrote:
> >Hi all,
>
> >Is there a way to control a button of another windows application from
> >within Tcl/Tk?
> >Any help I would appreciate!
>
> Hi Max,
> on Windows I have used cwind (http://wiki.tcl.tk/5019) with good
> success.
> Of course you have to watch out for 2 caveats:
> - You have to control the complete environment on the machine in
> question (else an email notification window or something similar pops
> up and receives your - simulated - key strokes or button presses), and
> - give the application you want to control enough time to react to any
> stimulation before you send the next (considering slow machines, too).
>
> Good luck.
> Helmut Giese

Thanks Helmut! I've used the cwind package in a Tcl script with
success.

Max Veen

On 3 dec, 15:49, "Gerald W. Lester" <Gerald.Les...@cox.net> wrote:
> max.v...@gmail.com wrote:
> > Hi all,
>
> > Is there a way to control a button of another windows application from
> > within Tcl/Tk?
> > Any help I would appreciate!
>
> The answer is yes, but how you do it is platform specific.
>
> What OS are you using?
>
> --
> +--------------------------------+---------------------------------------+
> | Gerald W. Lester |
> |"The man who fights for his ideals is the man who is alive." - Cervantes|
> +------------------------------------------------------------------------+

I'am using Windows XP professional with SP2.
Max