grab text in emeditor from external windows potplayer application

Question

i can copy complete playlist along with path from the potplayer playlist using control+a followed by control+alt+c commands. potplayer is available at the following address

C:\Program Files (x86)\The Kmplayer\PotPlayerMini64.exe.

Is it possible to grab text from the above player from emeditor macro code? Is it possible to send messages to external windows and from there get the text copied to emeditor?

Answer 1

I am not sure about the potplayer you are using. However, If you know the window title or class name of the window where you want to send the Ctrl+A and Ctrl+Alt+C keys, you can write a similar code like this:

wnd = shell.FindWindow( "", "potplayer window title" );
wnd.SetForeground();
shell.SendKeys( "^a" );
Sleep( 100 );
shell.SendKeys( "^%c" );

If you don't know the window title or class name, but running the app path "C:\Program Files (x86)\The Kmplayer\PotPlayerMini64.exe" activates the window, you can run this:

WshShell = new ActiveXObject( "WScript.Shell" );
WshShell.Run( "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\The Kmplayer\\PotPlayerMini64.exe" );
Sleep( 1000 );
shell.SendKeys( "^a" );
Sleep( 100 );
shell.SendKeys( "^%c" );

References

• FindWindow: http://www.emeditor.org/en/macro_shell_find_window.html

• SendKeys: http://www.emeditor.org/en/macro_shell_send_keys.html