From: James Avenant on
Hi,

All and all you need to write client code to manipulate the window on
your behalf.

So first, from an Access macro, you need to get a handle to the window
that you are interested in. You may need to import the correct Win32
API to do this. Use a sniffer like Visual Studio's Spy tool to get the
Window name or handle class.

Once you have an actual window handle (hWnd pointer which will change
for every execution) you can use this to send all kinds of Windows
events, including fake mouse movements.

You would need to find a way to do this from a separate thread than
your batch job, otherwise you may simply have a lot of movement after
your job is finished.

Also, in certain scenarios, Office (Access) may be running in a
background mode and not interact with Windows' UI layer. This is why
Office Automation (from Office as well as out of Office) is and always
has been a bit of a black art (VSTO is solving this somewhat).

So all-and-all it can be done, but you are actually facing a problem
domain that has it's own set of problems. You can read up on "automated
UI testing" since these guys do similar things (how to automate mouse
and keystrokes while running batch processes).

Getting the administrator to extend the timeout may strech your
political skills, but is still easier than writing a script that works
predictably :-)

Good luck.
JamesA

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