AppPostMessage

AppPostMessage is a built-in scripting function that sends a Windows system message to another application window.

Syntax

AppPostMessage ( strAppTitle , strMessage , numWParam , numLParam { | ,optNumTimeout } )

strAppTitle

The full title (as shown in the title bar) of the application window.

strMessage

The name or code of the system message.

Note: The CLOSE, MINIMIZE, MAXIMIZE and RESTORE messages can be given as string values enclosed in quotes. All other message codes must be given as numeric values.

numWParam

Additional message-specific information.

numLParam

Additional message-specific information.

optNumTimeout

The timeout period (in milliseconds) for the function to be successfully executed. If, for whatever reason, the function is not executed in this period, then it is aborted.

This is an optional parameter. If no value is specified, then the default timeout is five seconds (or 5000 milliseconds).

Returned value

This function will return one of the following values:

Notes

AppPostMessage is similar to the function PostMessage in the Microsoft Windows API, and it allows many of the same options. For more information, including a list of available system messages, please refer to the Windows API documentation.

Examples

Close the Calculator application:

AppPostMessage( "Calculator", "CLOSE", 3, 1 )