Part 1 UI Automation with Excel VBA using UIAutomationClient dll
Why Stack Overflow recommends it
Stack Overflow users link it when someone needs to automate a desktop dialog or app from VBA without SendKeys, since good UIAutomationClient-in-VBA material is hard to find.
Recommended by 1 people across 1 different months, 2019 to 2020.
What it is
A short 2016 screencast showing how to drive Windows desktop applications from Excel VBA by referencing the UIAutomationClient library. It is the first part of a two-part series, and the code file is offered through a download link.
What people said
Recommends DecimalTurn · 2019-12 · Stack Overflow · on “SendKeys to file name field in open dialog in selenium VBA”
If you want to avoid the use of the SendKeys method, you could use the UIAutomationClient library [LINK] or the SendMessage function from user32.dll. These would allow you to use the Windows API to interact with the dialog window. There is not a lot of online resources on the UIAutomationClient library in VBA, but this video [this video] (and part 2 [LINK] ) should be good enough to get you started. EDIT: However, if you decide to use SendMessage , here's an example of how to implement it: 1) Put the following at the top of the code module Option Explicit Private Declare PtrSafe Function FindWindow Lib "user32" Alias "FindWindowA" (ByVal lpClassName As String, ByVal lpWindowName As String) As Lon
Cites ribarcheto94 · 2019-08 · Stack Overflow · on “Clicking/Simulating a Click using a VBA macro”
I found a way to do it with using the UIAutomation framework provided by MS which could be referenced in your project as UIAutomationClient Here's the code: 'global object to hold the translations Dim translations As Object Public Enum oConditions eUIA_NamePropertyId eUIA_AutomationIdPropertyId eUIA_ClassNamePropertyId End Enum 'element name translations for English Function getEnglishTranslations() As Object Set Words = CreateObject("Scripting.Dictionary") 'element, element name Words.Add "Analysis", "Analysis" Words.Add "Lower Ribbon", "Lower Ribbon" Words.Add "Design Panel Group", "Design Panel" Words.Add "Design Panel Menu", "Design Panel" Words.Add "Display Button", "Display" Set getEng
Cites ExcelNewb · 2020-06 · Stack Overflow · on “Put specific cell into the stamps.com desktop application”
I'm trying to use UIAutomation with Excel VBA to take an address from a specific cell and put it into the stamps.com desktop application and then auto print. I looked at [this video] , which is the only thing I found online, but can't figure out how to use that. I know web automation with Excel. Is there a similar, simple way to do this? EDIT: I figured out how to get the values into the appropriate text boxes, but have one issue. When I paste the address in the address box it does not initialize unless the enter key is pressed. A TextChangeEvent might need to be fired. How would I do that? Sub UIA_Address() Dim oInvokePattern As UIAutomationClient.IUIAutomationInvokePattern Dim oPattern As UIAut