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How stop Outlook alternative greeting pop-up, or close it automatically

Only 1 user in my company gets a pop-up every time she get's an email and she has her auto replies turned on. I can't post an image, but if you go to imgur, and add forward slash and 'xooZR8D' without the quotes, you will see the popup. The title of the popup is Microsoft Outlook and the body of the popup is: Your IMAP server wants to alert you to the following: [150] Your alternate greeting is currently being used.
Ideally, I'd like to know how to turn this off. Alternatively, does anyone have code for a .Net program (preferably VB, C# would be my second choice) to scan open windows and close the desired one? When I scanned for open processes and found one that had the title I wanted to close, calling process.close or process.closeMainWindow did nothing, and process.Kill closed the window and the Outlook application, which I don't want. TIA

This works, although it doesn't get to the root of the problem:
using System;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using System.Windows.Forms;
namespace ClosePopupsCSharp
{
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
[DllImport("user32.dll", EntryPoint = "FindWindow", SetLastError = true)]
static extern IntPtr FindWindowByCaption(IntPtr ZeroOnly, string lpWindowName);
[DllImport("user32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Auto)]
static extern IntPtr SendMessage(IntPtr hWnd, UInt32 Msg, IntPtr wParam, IntPtr lParam);
[DllImport("user32.dll")]
[return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)]
private static extern bool IsWindowVisible(IntPtr hWnd);
static uint WM_CLOSE = 0x10;
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
timer2.Enabled = true;
}
private void DeleteOutlookPopups()
{
timer2.Enabled = false;
IntPtr hWnd = FindWindowByCaption(IntPtr.Zero, "Microsoft Outlook");
if (hWnd != null)
{
if (IsWindowVisible(hWnd))
{
bool ret = CloseWindow(hWnd);
}
}
timer2.Enabled = true;
}
static bool CloseWindow(IntPtr hWnd)
{
SendMessage(hWnd, WM_CLOSE, IntPtr.Zero, IntPtr.Zero);
return true;
}
private void timer2_Tick(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
DeleteOutlookPopups();
}
}
}

Sending a string of characters as a keystroke to any application in WPF [duplicate]

I want to simulate F5 key press in my C# program. When IE is open, I want to be able refresh my website automatically.
How can I do that?

Here's an example...
static class Program
{
[DllImport("user32.dll")]
public static extern int SetForegroundWindow(IntPtr hWnd);
[STAThread]
static void Main()
{
while(true)
{
Process [] processes = Process.GetProcessesByName("iexplore");
foreach(Process proc in processes)
{
SetForegroundWindow(proc.MainWindowHandle);
SendKeys.SendWait("{F5}");
}
Thread.Sleep(5000);
}
}
}
a better one... less anoying...
static class Program
{
const UInt32 WM_KEYDOWN = 0x0100;
const int VK_F5 = 0x74;
[DllImport("user32.dll")]
static extern bool PostMessage(IntPtr hWnd, UInt32 Msg, int wParam, int lParam);
[STAThread]
static void Main()
{
while(true)
{
Process [] processes = Process.GetProcessesByName("iexplore");
foreach(Process proc in processes)
PostMessage(proc.MainWindowHandle, WM_KEYDOWN, VK_F5, 0);
Thread.Sleep(5000);
}
}
}

You can use the Win32 API FindWindow or FindWindowEx to find the window handle of the open browser and then just call SendMessage with WM_KEYDOWN. Typically it's easiest just to pass the window caption to FindWindowEx and have it find the associated window handle for you.
If you are starting the browser process yourself via a Process process object then you can use process.MainWindowHandle instead of calling FindWindowEx.
Spy++ is a very useful tool when you want to start working with other windows. It basically allows you to learn another program's hierarchy of UI elements. You can also monitor all of the messages that go into the window you're monitoring. I have more info in this thread.
The F5 keystroke has this virtual key code:
const int VK_F5 = 0x74;
The p/invoke signature for FindWindowEx in C# is:
[DllImport("user32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
static extern IntPtr FindWindowEx(IntPtr hwndParent, IntPtr hwndChildAfter, string lpszClass, string lpszWindow);
You can p/invoke (bring in) the Win32 API SendMessage like this:
[DllImport("user32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Auto)]
static extern IntPtr SendMessage(IntPtr hWnd, UInt32 Msg, IntPtr wParam, IntPtr lParam);
So to recap, you call FindWindowEx directly from your C# code after having the above code somewhere inside your class. FindWindowEx will return a window handle. Then once you have the window handle, you can send any keystroke(s) to the window, or call many other Win32 API calls on the window handle. Or even find a child window by using another call to FindWindowEx. For example you could select the edit control of the browser even and then change it's text.
If all else goes wrong and you think you're sending the right key to the window, you can use spy++ to see what messages are sent to the window when you manually set focus to the browser and manually press F5.

The easiest way to send (simulate) KeyStrokes to any window is to use the SendKeys.Send method of .NET Framework.
Checkout this very intuitive MSDN article http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.sendkeys.aspx
Particularly for your case, if your browser window is in focus, sending F5 would just involve the following line of code:
SendKeys.Send("{F5}");

Simple one, add before Main
[DllImport("USER32.DLL", CharSet = CharSet.Unicode)]
public static extern IntPtr FindWindow(string lpClassName, string lpWindowName);
[DllImport("USER32.DLL")]
public static extern bool SetForegroundWindow(IntPtr hWnd);
Code inside Main/Method:
string className = "IEFrame";
string windowName = "New Tab - Windows Internet Explorer";
IntPtr IE = FindWindow(className, windowName);
if (IE == IntPtr.Zero)
{
return;
}
SetForegroundWindow(IE);
InputSimulator.SimulateKeyPress(VirtualKeyCode.F5);
Note:
Add InputSimulator as reference. To download Click here
To find Class & Window name, use WinSpy++. To download Click here

Another alternative to simulating a F5 key press would be to simply host the WebBrowser control in the Window Forms application. You use the WebBrowser.Navigate method to load your web page and then use a standard Timer and on each tick of the timer you just re-Navigate to the url which will reload the page.

Easy, short and no need window focus:
Also here a usefull list of Virtual Key Codes
[DllImport("user32.dll")]
public static extern IntPtr FindWindow(string lpClassName, string lpWindowName);
[DllImport("user32.dll")]
static extern bool PostMessage(IntPtr hWnd, UInt32 Msg, int wParam, int lParam);
private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
const int WM_SYSKEYDOWN = 0x0104;
const int VK_F5 = 0x74;
IntPtr WindowToFind = FindWindow(null, "Google - Mozilla Firefox");
PostMessage(WindowToFind, WM_SYSKEYDOWN, VK_F5, 0);
}

Use mouse_event or keybd_event. They say not to use them anymore but you don't have to find the window at all.
using System;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
public class SimulatePCControl
{
[DllImport("user32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Auto, CallingConvention = CallingConvention.StdCall)]
public static extern void keybd_event(uint bVk, uint bScan, uint dwFlags, uint dwExtraInfo);
private const int VK_LEFT = 0x25;
public static void LeftArrow()
{
keybd_event(VK_LEFT, 0, 0, 0);
}
}
Virtual Key Codes are here for this one: http://www.kbdedit.com/manual/low_level_vk_list.html
Also for mouse:
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using UnityEngine;
public class SimulateMouseClick
{
[DllImport("user32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Auto, CallingConvention = CallingConvention.StdCall)]
public static extern void mouse_event(uint dwFlags, uint dx, uint dy, uint cButtons, uint dwExtraInfo);
//Mouse actions
private const int MOUSEEVENTF_LEFTDOWN = 0x02;
private const int MOUSEEVENTF_LEFTUP = 0x04;
private const int MOUSEEVENTF_RIGHTDOWN = 0x08;
private const int MOUSEEVENTF_RIGHTUP = 0x10;
public static void Click()
{
//Call the imported function with the cursor's current position
uint X = (uint)0;
uint Y = (uint)0;
mouse_event(MOUSEEVENTF_LEFTDOWN | MOUSEEVENTF_LEFTUP, X, Y, 0, 0);
Debug.LogError("SIMULATED A MOUSE CLICK JUST NOW...");
}
//...other code needed for the application
}

Instead of forcing an F5 keypress when you're just trying to get the page to postback, you can call a postback based on a JS event (even mousemove or timer_tick if you want it to fire all the time). Use the code at http://weblogs.asp.net/mnolton/archive/2003/06/04/8260.aspx as a reference.

Get Active Window of .net application

I have an application named ProLaunch.exe. I want to get the active window in it and close it if the user is not performing any operation for the speicified period. A timer in the application will be used for this purpose.
How can I get the active window and close it?

If I understand the question correctly, you can use the Win32 API GetActiveWindow for this. This should work in both Forms and WPF apps.
[DllImport("user32.dll")]
static extern IntPtr GetActiveWindow();
[DllImport("user32.dll")]
public static extern int SendMessage(int hWnd, IntPtr msg, int wParam, int lParam);
public const int WM_SYSCOMMAND = 0x0112;
public const int SC_CLOSE = 0xF060;
// close the active window using API
private void FindAndCloseActiveWindow()
{
IntPtr handle=GetActiveWindow();
SendMessage(handle, WM_SYSCOMMAND, SC_CLOSE, 0);
}

Try
Form.ActiveForm
http://msdn.microsoft.com/de-de/library/system.windows.forms.form.activeform.aspx

Scrolling textboxes programmatically using WndProc messages

I'm trying to scroll a textbox using the form's WndProc method. The code I've come up with so far, after scouring the internet, looks like this:
private void ScrollTextBox()
{
scrollMessage = Message.Create(TabContents.Handle, 0x00B6, new IntPtr(0x0003), new IntPtr(0x0000));
this.WndProc(ref scrollMessage);
}
where TabContents is a TextBox.
For some reason, nothing happens when i call this method. I'd like to know why. I realise that i can accomplish the same with the MoveToCaret method, but I'm curious why this is not working.
EDIT:
As in the posted answer from Beaner, I wrote another method using SendMessage:
[DllImport("user32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Auto)]
private static extern IntPtr SendMessage(IntPtr hWnd, int msg, IntPtr wp, IntPtr lp);
private void ScrollTextBox2(int lines)
{
SendMessage(TabContents.Handle, 0x00B6, new IntPtr(0), new IntPtr(lines));
}
This seems to work %100. I'm still curious why this.WndProc(ref message) doesn't work, given a message created with the same set of parameters.

This may be possible, but I have never tried it that way. I have used SendMessage to send a windows message directly to the textbox to cause scrolling.
private const int WM_VSCROLL = 0x115;
private const int SB_BOTTOM = 7;
[DllImport("user32.dll", CharSet=CharSet.Auto)]
private static extern int SendMessage(IntPtr hWnd, int wMsg, IntPtr wParam,
IntPtr lParam);
// Scroll to the bottom, but don't move the caret position.
SendMessage(TabContents.Handle, WM_VSCROLL, (IntPtr) SB_BOTTOM, IntPtr.Zero);

Get active window text (and send more text to it)

I'm creating a small utility in C#, that will add some text to an active textbox when a global hotkey is pressed, it's a type of auto complete function. I have my global hotkey working, but now I don't know how to get the current text in the active textbox (if the active window is a textbox that is.) What I've tried so far is to use
a. GetForegroundWindow and then using that handle calling GetWindowText. This gave me the window title of the active window, not the textbox contents.
b. GetActiveWindow and using that handle to call GetWindowText. That gives me no text at all.
Here's an example of what I've done
[DllImport("user32.dll")]
private static extern bool UnregisterHotKey(IntPtr hWnd, int id);
[ DllImport("user32.dll") ]
static extern int GetForegroundWindow();
[ DllImport("user32.dll") ]
static extern int GetWindowText(int hWnd, StringBuilder text, int count);
[DllImport("user32.dll")]
static extern int GetActiveWindow();
public static void TestA() {
int h = GetForegroundWindow();
StringBuilder b = new StringBuilder();
GetWindowText(h, b, 256);
MessageBox.Show(b.ToString());
}
public static void TestB() {
int h = GetActiveWindow();
StringBuilder b = new StringBuilder();
GetWindowText(h, b, 256);
MessageBox.Show(b.ToString());
}
So, any ideas on how to achieve this?
Edit 28.01.2009:
So, I found out how to do this. This is what I used:
using System;
using System.Text;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
public class Example
{
[DllImport("user32.dll")]
static extern int GetFocus();
[DllImport("user32.dll")]
static extern bool AttachThreadInput(uint idAttach, uint idAttachTo, bool fAttach);
[DllImport("kernel32.dll")]
static extern uint GetCurrentThreadId();
[DllImport("user32.dll")]
static extern uint GetWindowThreadProcessId(int hWnd, int ProcessId);
[DllImport("user32.dll") ]
static extern int GetForegroundWindow();
[DllImport("user32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Auto, SetLastError = false)]
static extern int SendMessage(int hWnd, int Msg, int wParam, StringBuilder lParam);
const int WM_SETTEXT = 12;
const int WM_GETTEXT = 13;
public static void Main()
{
//Wait 5 seconds to give us a chance to give focus to some edit window,
//notepad for example
System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(5000);
StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder(500);
int foregroundWindowHandle = GetForegroundWindow();
uint remoteThreadId = GetWindowThreadProcessId(foregroundWindowHandle, 0);
uint currentThreadId = GetCurrentThreadId();
//AttachTrheadInput is needed so we can get the handle of a focused window in another app
AttachThreadInput(remoteThreadId, currentThreadId, true);
//Get the handle of a focused window
int focused = GetFocus();
//Now detach since we got the focused handle
AttachThreadInput(remoteThreadId, currentThreadId, false);
//Get the text from the active window into the stringbuilder
SendMessage(focused, WM_GETTEXT, builder.Capacity, builder);
Console.WriteLine("Text in active window was " + builder);
builder.Append(" Extra text");
//Change the text in the active window
SendMessage(focused, WM_SETTEXT, 0, builder);
Console.ReadKey();
}
}
Some notes about this. The example waits for 5 seconds before doing anything, giving you the chance to give focus to some edit window. In my real app I'm using a hotkey to trigger this, but that would just confuse this example. Also, in production code you should check the return values of the win32 calls to see if they succeeded or not.

It's reasonable to send keystrokes if you aware of active window and focused input field. See http://www.pinvoke.net/default.aspx/user32/keybd_event.html for API.

Please check, even em_replacesel message may not work across different process, You might need to use WM_COPYDATA or by calling window procedure as given in the url,
http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.smartphone.developer&tid=4e3a9289-9355-4af7-a5b9-84f1aa601441&cat=&lang=&cr=&sloc=en-us&p=1