Can I create controls with static ID's?

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  • Terry Olsen
    #1

    Can I create controls with static ID's?

    I need to create an app that has static ID's for the buttons & other
    controls on the main form. Is there a way to accomplish this in VB?



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    • Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]
      #2
      Re: Can I create controls with static ID's?

      "Terry Olsen" <tolsen64@hotma il.comschrieb:
      >I need to create an app that has static ID's for the buttons & other
      controls on the main form. Is there a way to accomplish this in VB?
      Which identifiers are you referring to?

      --
      M S Herfried K. Wagner
      M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
      V B <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/dotnet/faqs/>

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        • Cor Ligthert [MVP]
          #3
          Re: Can I create controls with static ID's?

          Terry,

          I am curious what you mean with your question? To be honnest, I don't
          understand it.

          :-)

          Cor

          "Terry Olsen" <tolsen64@hotma il.comschreef in bericht
          news:en38bhI6GH A.3644@TK2MSFTN GP03.phx.gbl...
          >I need to create an app that has static ID's for the buttons & other
          controls on the main form. Is there a way to accomplish this in VB?
          >
          >
          >
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            • Terry Olsen
              #4
              Re: Can I create controls with static ID's?

              The ControlID that is a hexidecimal number that you can use to interact with
              the control from another application. We are doing this at work with a
              piece of software designed to intercept button presses, print commands, read
              & write data to textboxes. The software that we are controlling externally
              never changes its ControlIDs. For example, the ControlID of the main process
              button is always 0000ECD2 every time we run the program.

              I need to interface with an application that I'm writing in VB the same way,
              but every time I run the program, the ControlIDs are different. So it's
              impossible to interface with the app if the ControlID's are not static.

              An example of a ControlID is in this screenshot:
              http://www.softpedia.com/screenshots//WinID_1.png It is in the middle of
              the screen at the top. It is "ID: 0x0"


              "Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" <hirf-spam-me-here@gmx.atwrot e in message
              news:ObSI01M6GH A.4608@TK2MSFTN GP03.phx.gbl...
              "Terry Olsen" <tolsen64@hotma il.comschrieb:
              >>I need to create an app that has static ID's for the buttons & other
              >controls on the main form. Is there a way to accomplish this in VB?
              >
              Which identifiers are you referring to?
              >
              --
              M S Herfried K. Wagner
              M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
              V B <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/dotnet/faqs/>

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                • rowe_newsgroups
                  #5
                  Re: Can I create controls with static ID's?

                  Why not subclass the controls and add your own property?

                  Thanks,

                  Seth Rowe


                  Terry Olsen wrote:
                  The ControlID that is a hexidecimal number that you can use to interact with
                  the control from another application. We are doing this at work with a
                  piece of software designed to intercept button presses, print commands, read
                  & write data to textboxes. The software that we are controlling externally
                  never changes its ControlIDs. For example, the ControlID of the main process
                  button is always 0000ECD2 every time we run the program.
                  >
                  I need to interface with an application that I'm writing in VB the same way,
                  but every time I run the program, the ControlIDs are different. So it's
                  impossible to interface with the app if the ControlID's are not static.
                  >
                  An example of a ControlID is in this screenshot:
                  http://www.softpedia.com/screenshots//WinID_1.png It is in the middle of
                  the screen at the top. It is "ID: 0x0"
                  >
                  >
                  "Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" <hirf-spam-me-here@gmx.atwrot e in message
                  news:ObSI01M6GH A.4608@TK2MSFTN GP03.phx.gbl...
                  "Terry Olsen" <tolsen64@hotma il.comschrieb:
                  >I need to create an app that has static ID's for the buttons & other
                  controls on the main form. Is there a way to accomplish this in VB?
                  Which identifiers are you referring to?

                  --
                  M S Herfried K. Wagner
                  M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
                  V B <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/dotnet/faqs/>

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