focus on IE

[dawn]

Thanks for your promptly answer Nicholas,

but I do have another question. How do I set the focus to the IE window, so
that it becomes active. I've been googling on it, but none of the answer
seem to work.

thanks again,

Bart.

[Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]]

Re: focus on IE

Bart,

You can do this by calling the FindWindow (to find the Window handle of
IE, if you don't already have it) and then SetForegroundWi ndow (to bring it
to the foreground) to set the active window before calling the methods on
the SendKeys class. Of course, you will have to call these through the
P/Invoke layer.


--
- Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]
- mvp@spam.guard. caspershouse.co m

"dawn" <dawn4715@hotma il.com> wrote in message
news:Mlblb.9528 7$EP6.4562059@p hobos.telenet-ops.be...[color=blue]
> Thanks for your promptly answer Nicholas,
>
> but I do have another question. How do I set the focus to the IE window,[/color]
so[color=blue]
> that it becomes active. I've been googling on it, but none of the answer
> seem to work.
>
> thanks again,
>
> Bart.
>
>[/color]

[Lee Alexander]

Re: focus on IE

FYI
I seem to remember that this will not actually bring the window to the
foreground unless the caller is in the same process space, otherwise you
just get the relevent taskbar item flashing for attention. This was
deliberately put in by MS to stop rogue applications snatching focus.

Regards
Lee
"Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]" <mvp@spam.guard .caspershouse.c om> wrote in
message news:ult9DN%23l DHA.1960@TK2MSF TNGP12.phx.gbl. ..[color=blue]
> Bart,
>
> You can do this by calling the FindWindow (to find the Window handle[/color]
of[color=blue]
> IE, if you don't already have it) and then SetForegroundWi ndow (to bring[/color]
it[color=blue]
> to the foreground) to set the active window before calling the methods on
> the SendKeys class. Of course, you will have to call these through the
> P/Invoke layer.
>
>
> --
> - Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]
> - mvp@spam.guard. caspershouse.co m
>
> "dawn" <dawn4715@hotma il.com> wrote in message
> news:Mlblb.9528 7$EP6.4562059@p hobos.telenet-ops.be...[color=green]
> > Thanks for your promptly answer Nicholas,
> >
> > but I do have another question. How do I set the focus to the IE window,[/color]
> so[color=green]
> > that it becomes active. I've been googling on it, but none of the answer
> > seem to work.
> >
> > thanks again,
> >
> > Bart.
> >
> >[/color]
>
>[/color]

[Ignacio Machin \( .NET/ C# MVP \)]

Re: focus on IE

If you control the page yo are going to display on the IE you could use
window.focus();

Cheers,

--
Ignacio Machin,
ignacio.machin AT dot.state.fl.us
Florida Department Of Transportation


"dawn" <dawn4715@hotma il.com> wrote in message
news:Mlblb.9528 7$EP6.4562059@p hobos.telenet-ops.be...[color=blue]
> Thanks for your promptly answer Nicholas,
>
> but I do have another question. How do I set the focus to the IE window,[/color]
so[color=blue]
> that it becomes active. I've been googling on it, but none of the answer
> seem to work.
>
> thanks again,
>
> Bart.
>
>[/color]