AppPostMessage

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

Function	Group	Execution	Windows	Embedded	Thin Client
AppPostMessage	Module Activity	Synchronous	Supported	Supported	Supported

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:

Value	Description
`0`	ERROR: The system message was not sent, or the specified application window did not respond, within the timeout period.
`1`	SUCCESS: The system message was successfully sent.

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 )