Hi all
I need to create a window or little dashboards with buttons, if I click
on a button this should output a string of text (associated with that
button) to wherever the cursor is blinking at the moment I click
(without loosing the focus).
Is thta possible?
Any example?
Thanks
Buttons to output strings to cursor focus
- 09 Sep 2009 #1
mocha99 GuestMy System SpecsButtons to output strings to cursor focus
- 10 Sep 2009 #2
Tom Lavedas GuestMy System SpecsRe: Buttons to output strings to cursor focus
On Sep 9, 7:15*pm, mocha99 <moch...@xxxxxx> wrote:I think this does what you want. Save it as an HTA (hypertext
> Hi all
>
> I need to create a window or little dashboards with buttons, if I click
> on a button this should output a string of text (associated with that
> button) to wherever the cursor is blinking at the moment I click
> (without loosing the focus).
>
> Is thta possible?
>
> Any example?
>
> Thanks
application) file ...
<html>
<script language="vbscript">
dim oWSHShell
sub initiate
set oWSHShell = createobject("wscript.shell")
end sub
sub droptext
txtwdw.focus
oWSHShell.Sendkeys window.event.srcElement.title
end sub
</script>
<body onload=initiate>
<input id=btn1 type=button value="Text 1"
title="Text Item 1" onclick=droptext>
<input id=btn2 type=button value="Text 2"
title="Text Item 2" onclick=droptext>
<input id=btn3 type=button value="Text 3"
title="Text Item 3" onclick=droptext><br>
<textarea id=txtwdw cols=72 rows=20></textarea>
</body>
</html>
_____________________
Tom Lavedas
- 10 Sep 2009 #3
tzuc GuestMy System SpecsRe: Buttons to output strings to cursor focus
OK Tom, thanks a lot for your time and help!!!
> I believe it might be possible to wrap the example HTA around a frame
> that displays the target web page. In that case, it might be possible
> (if IE8 is not loaded) to then send the information from the buttons
> into the web page at the previously referenced cursor location.
> Unfortunately, I am moments away from leaving on vacation, so I can't
> go any further with this, sorry. Maybe someone else will be
> interested in taking up the challenge.
> _____________________
> Tom Lavedas
- 10 Sep 2009 #4
mocha99 GuestMy System SpecsRe: Buttons to output strings to cursor focus
Hi,
thanks a lot for the code. It doesnt exactly do what i need though...
I'd need something that, while the cursor is blinking in any field in a
web page (like in form) enables me to automatically fill in that field
by pressing a button. The page where the curso is blinking is a web page
that is not the same where the button is (it is a web page that I do not
provide, i.e. a web page that I browse to on the internet).
Can this be done?
Thanks alot
Tom Lavedas wrote:
> On Sep 9, 7:15 pm, mocha99 <moch...@xxxxxx> wrote:
>> Hi all
>>
>> I need to create a window or little dashboards with buttons, if I click
>> on a button this should output a string of text (associated with that
>> button) to wherever the cursor is blinking at the moment I click
>> (without loosing the focus).
- 10 Sep 2009 #5
Tom Lavedas GuestMy System SpecsRe: Buttons to output strings to cursor focus
On Sep 10, 10:37*am, mocha99 <moch...@xxxxxx> wrote:The same technique "might" be made to work in that situation, IF (and
> Hi,
>
> thanks a lot for the code. It doesnt exactly do what i need though...
>
> I'd need something that, while the cursor is blinking in any field in a
> web page (like in form) enables me to automatically fill in that field
> by pressing a button. The page where the curso is blinking is a web page
> that is not the same where the button is (it is a web page that I do not
> provide, i.e. a web page that I browse to on the internet).
>
> Can this be done?
>
> Thanks alot
>
> Tom Lavedas wrote:>
> > On Sep 9, 7:15 pm, mocha99 <moch...@xxxxxx> wrote:
> >> Hi all
> >> I need to create a window or little dashboards with buttons, if I click
> >> on a button this should output a string of text (associated with that
> >> button) to wherever the cursor is blinking at the moment I click
> >> (without loosing the focus).
it's a big if) some means of knowing which was the target window for
the insertion. I don't know of a way to get that information -
besides entering it into the application that contains the buttons.
That is, in script, there is really no way to know where the mouse
came from once the mouse leaves the target window and clicks on the
app with the buttons (at least not AFAIK). This means, the button app
doesn't know where to send its information.
I believe it might be possible to wrap the example HTA around a frame
that displays the target web page. In that case, it might be possible
(if IE8 is not loaded) to then send the information from the buttons
into the web page at the previously referenced cursor location.
Unfortunately, I am moments away from leaving on vacation, so I can't
go any further with this, sorry. Maybe someone else will be
interested in taking up the challenge.
_____________________
Tom Lavedas
- 10 Sep 2009 #6
Al Dunbar GuestMy System SpecsRe: Buttons to output strings to cursor focus
"Tom Lavedas" <tglbatch@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:69c070cc-1e7d-4d39-9648-90f86698a46c@xxxxxxLOL, his answer was in his question: "is tHTA possible?"
> On Sep 9, 7:15 pm, mocha99 <moch...@xxxxxx> wrote:>
>> Hi all
>>
>> I need to create a window or little dashboards with buttons, if I click
>> on a button this should output a string of text (associated with that
>> button) to wherever the cursor is blinking at the moment I click
>> (without loosing the focus).
>>
>> Is thta possible?
>>
>> Any example?
>>
>> Thanks
> I think this does what you want. Save it as an HTA (hypertext
> application) file ...
/Al
> <html>
> <script language="vbscript">
> dim oWSHShell
>
> sub initiate
> set oWSHShell = createobject("wscript.shell")
> end sub
>
> sub droptext
> txtwdw.focus
> oWSHShell.Sendkeys window.event.srcElement.title
> end sub
>
> </script>
> <body onload=initiate>
> <input id=btn1 type=button value="Text 1"
> title="Text Item 1" onclick=droptext>
> <input id=btn2 type=button value="Text 2"
> title="Text Item 2" onclick=droptext>
> <input id=btn3 type=button value="Text 3"
> title="Text Item 3" onclick=droptext><br>
> <textarea id=txtwdw cols=72 rows=20></textarea>
> </body>
> </html>
> _____________________
> Tom Lavedas
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