What would be the best way to go about finding what the active control is on any window? I am going to be sending the WM_PASTE message to it. ChildWindowFromPoint has not been returning a fair few of the selected controls.
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Ah, yeah. WM_Paste....
Winform application?
Why do you assume that the active window can receive them? I mean, unless it is an activeX control.... it would not ahve it's own lower level message pump. It would react on events propagated within the .NET framework... only active x (native) controls an dthe window IIRC handle windows messages.
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Yes a WinForms application. Isn't using Ctrl+V sending the WM_PASTE message? – Luke Mar 10 '10 at 10:38
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Yes it is - but only to the WINDOW... from there thigns bubble down as .NET events ;) – TomTom Mar 10 '10 at 10:57
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Thanks, I had tried this but it doesn't seem to be able to get windows outside of my application? – Luke Mar 10 '10 at 10:37