Using VBScript to minimize, restore/maximize, close window

[robert_l._stokes]

I would like use VBScript to do the equivilant of mouseclicking to
minimize, maximize/restore or close a window in which I have
made sendkey entries. I assume one procedure works for all windows
with the minimize, restore/maximize, close button.

set Shell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
shell.run "notepad"
wscript.sleep(5000)
shell.sendkeys("test")
'>>> procedure to minimize, restore/maximize, close window

[Michael Harris]

Note that the WScript.Sleep calls are more for effect in demonstration than anything else.
Depending on the keystrokes you send and the responsiveness of the application, you may have to use
a few strategically placed WScript.Sleep calls to let the application react...

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set shell = createobject("wscript.shell")
shell.run "about:blank"

wscript.sleep 2000
success = shell.appactivate("about:blank")
if success then shell.sendkeys "% n" '...minimize

wscript.sleep 2000
success = shell.appactivate("about:blank")
if success then shell.sendkeys "% x" '...maximize

wscript.sleep 2000
success = shell.appactivate("about:blank")
if success then shell.sendkeys "% r" '...restore

wscript.sleep 2000
success = shell.appactivate("about:blank")
if success then shell.sendkeys "%{F4}" '...maximize

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<Robert L. Stokes> wrote in message news:3ae62eec.6989032@news...

[Glen]

In article <3ae62eec.6989032@news>, Robert L. Stokes says...

to maximize -

s.sendkeys "(% )X"

to minimize -

s.sendkeys "(% )N"

try pressing ALT-SPACE in any window for your other options

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