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PowerShell: writing text into a notepad window with SendMessage
set-strictMode -version latest
$winApi = add-type -name user32 -passThru `
-memberDefinition '
[DllImport("user32.dll")] public static extern
IntPtr FindWindowEx(
IntPtr hwndParent ,
IntPtr hwndChildAfter,
String lpszClass ,
String lpszWindow
);
[DllImport("User32.dll")] public static extern
IntPtr SendMessage(
IntPtr hWnd ,
int uMsg ,
int wParam ,
string lParam
);'
$notepad_1 = start-process -passThru notepad
$notepad_2 = start-process -passThru notepad
#
# Wait for application windows to be created
#
# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/61637460
#
start-sleep 1
$hwndNotepad_1 = $notepad_1.MainWindowHandle
$hwndNotepad_2 = $notepad_2.MainWindowHandle
$hwndEdit_1 = $winApi::FindWindowEx($hwndNotepad_1, [IntPtr]::Zero, "Edit", $null)
$hwndEdit_2 = $winApi::FindWindowEx($hwndNotepad_2, [IntPtr]::Zero, "Edit", $null)
$null = $winApi::SendMessage($hwndEdit_1, 0x000C, 0, "This is the first notepad window.")
$null = $winApi::SendMessage($hwndEdit_2, 0x000C, 0, "This is the second notepad window.")