Posted: November 23 2002 at 13:16 | IP Logged

Dave

Can you give me a Macro line that would maximize PH, or minimize PH.

Bob

Posted: November 23 2002 at 16:08 | IP Logged

No problem,

To maximize PowerHome, use this formula: ph_sendmsg(ph_handle(),274,61488,0)

To minimize PowerHome, use this formula: ph_sendmsg(ph_handle(),274,61472,0)

Dave.

Posted: November 24 2002 at 14:51 | IP Logged

Dave

Cute trick. . . wish I understood how it works. . . Now, can you make PH the active window?

Bob

Posted: November 24 2002 at 22:28 | IP Logged

Bob,

It's not too complicated, I just sent a Windows Message to the PowerHome frame window.  The type of message was a SYS_COMMAND message which equates to the number 274.  The ph_handle function returns the handle of the frame window and is the target of the windows message.  The other numbers 61488 and 61472 are the message values for maximize and minimize.  I didn't know exactly how to do it until I did a little research on the web.  You can do quite a bit with windows messages.

Back to your question though...to bring PowerHome to the front, use the Macro command "Switch To App" with a value of "Window Name" and a Send Keys of " PowerHome  ".  Thats PowerHome with a single space in front and two spaces after.

Have fun,

Dave.