Accessing image windows with other tools

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Accessing image windows with other tools

Post by terrypin »

Anyone else use external tools to automate PaintShop Pro operations please? Such as AutoHotkey, AutoIt, Macro Express Pro, etc? To do stuff that scripts can't?

Mine is an old version, PSP 8, but this issue probably applies to more recent ones.

None of these programs seem able to access PSP's image windows. They don't appear in the list of windows when using AutoIt v3 Window Info, for example, or AHK Window Info 1.7. If there's some way to work with these 'child' windows I'd appreciate a pointer please.

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Re: Accessing image windows with other tools

Post by LeviFiction »

I can't offer a pointer as I've never had to do it myself.

But I am curious, why do you need to access the windows from AutoIT and similar programs? What are you hoping to achieve?
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