SendMessage for the new help file of AutoHotkey

[ozzii]

Hi,

I can't find (and TBH I don't know how ) the SendMessage for clicking the index part of the new help file of AutoHotkey.

Can someone help me ?

[Delta Pythagorean]

It's actually ControlSend, SendMessage only sends Windows built in messages.

[derz00]

@ozzii, you're best off to use the keypress Alt + n. That selects the index tab.

[jeeswg]

This used to work on old versions of the AutoHotkey Help chm.

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q:: ;AutoHotkey Help (old versions) - focus Index tab
PostMessage, 0x111, 6008,,, A ;WM_COMMAND := 0x111
return

[ozzii]

I think I will use the Alt+n..
Didn't think it worked because when I select the option from the menu (without the shortcut), nothing happened.

Thanks all.


EDIT :
Even this simple thing doesn't work :

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		WinWait, AutoHotkey Help
		WinActivate, AutoHotkey Help
		WinWaitActive, AutoHotkey Help
		sleep, 200
		WinMaximize , AutoHotkey Help
		sleep, 1000
		Send, {Alt}n
		sleep, 500

But the alt+n work manually

[jeeswg]

- chm files use Internet Explorer_Server controls, and this script can interact with them on the new versions of AutoHotkey Help to focus the Index tab.
- This also works to focus the Index tab on the active Internet Explorer tab.
- It requires the WBGet function, which I have provided a link to.

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;WBGet function - AutoHotkey Community
;https://autohotkey.com/boards/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=39869

q:: ;AutoHotkey Help (new versions, v1.1.27+, v2.0-a082+) - focus Index tab
;tested on AutoHotkey Help v1.1.27 and v2.0-a083
;works on v2.0-a082 if you comment out the 'if' line

WinGet, hWnd, ID, A
oWB := WBGet("ahk_id " hWnd)
oElt := oWB.document.getElementsByTagName("li")[1]
if (oElt.innerText = "Index")
	oElt.click()
oWB := oElt := ""
return

[ozzii]

This is working, thanks a lot jeeswg

[lexikos]

When you tap (press and release) Alt and then tap n, does it work? Of course it doesn't, so neither will Send {Alt}n.

I use Send !n^a.

WinGet, hWnd, ID, A
oWB := WBGet("ahk_id " hWnd)

Why wouldn't you just pass "A" directly? oWB := WBGet("A").

[jeeswg]

- It's likely that they have either already retrieved the hWnd, or want to use it again later.
- Modifying the script from hWnd to A is easier than from A to hWnd.
- Btw the WBGet function is unusual/misleading in that it uses only 1 of the 4 'WWEE' parameters. I would make it take an hCtl e.g.
hCtl := ControlGetHwnd("Internet Explorer_Server1", "A")