Automating Windows Applications

Igor Ladnik

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A Windows application that does not export any program interface, may be converted to automation server with COM object(s) injected into the application process.

automatingwindowsapps_src.zip
- _Build_All_Projects.dsp
- AutomationClient
  - Advise.cpp
  - Advise.h
  - AutomationClient.clw
  - AutomationClient.cpp
  - AutomationClient.dsp
  - AutomationClient.h
  - AutomationClient.rc
  - AutomationClientDlg.cpp
  - AutomationClientDlg.h
  - res
    - AutomationClient.ico
    - AutomationClient.rc2
  - Resource.h
  - StdAfx.cpp
  - StdAfx.h
- AutomationClientNET.sln
- AutomationClientNET
  - App.ico
  - AssemblyInfo.cs
  - AutomationClientNET.csproj
  - AutomationClientNET.csproj.user
  - NotepadClientForm.cs
  - NotepadClientForm.resx
- Debug
  - Register Debug Components.bat
- Include
- Loader
  - Loader.cpp
  - Loader.dsp
  - Loader.h
  - Loader.rc
  - resource.h
  - StdAfx.cpp
  - StdAfx.h
- NotepadAuto.dsw
- NotepadHandler
  - Handler.cpp
  - Handler.h
  - Handler.rgs
  - NotepadHandler.cpp
  - NotepadHandler.def
  - NotepadHandler.dsp
  - NotepadHandler.idl
  - NotepadHandler.rc
  - NotepadHandlerCP.h
  - NotepadHandlerps.def
  - NotepadHandlerps.mk
  - resource.h
  - StdAfx.cpp
  - StdAfx.h
- NotepadHandlerNotification
  - NotepadHandlerNotification.cpp
  - NotepadHandlerNotification.def
  - NotepadHandlerNotification.dsp
  - NotepadHandlerNotification.idl
  - NotepadHandlerNotification.rc
  - NotepadHandlerNotificationps.def
  - NotepadHandlerNotificationps.mk
  - Notification.cpp
  - Notification.h
  - Notification.rgs
  - resource.h
  - StdAfx.cpp
  - StdAfx.h
- NotepadPlugin
  - NotepadPlugin.cpp
  - NotepadPlugin.dsp
  - StdAfx.cpp
  - StdAfx.h
- Psapi_library
  - psapi.dll
  - psapi.h
  - psapi.lib
- Release
  - Register Components.bat
- RotHelper
  - AssemblyInfo.cs
  - RotHelper.cs
  - RotHelper.csproj
  - RotHelper.csproj.user
automatingwindowsapps_demo.zip
- AutomationClient.exe
- AutomationClientNET.exe
- Interop.NOTEPADHANDLERLib.dll
- Loader.exe
- NotepadHandler.dll
- NotepadHandlerNotification.dll
- NotepadPlugin.dll
- Register Components.bat
- RotHelper.dll

// stdafx.cpp : source file that includes just the standard includes
//	Loader.pch will be the pre-compiled header
//	stdafx.obj will contain the pre-compiled type information

#include "stdafx.h"

// TODO: reference any additional headers you need in STDAFX.H
// and not in this file

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Igor Ladnik

Software Developer (Senior)

Israel

Nov 2010: Code Project Contests - Windows Azure Apps - Winner
Feb 2011: Code Project Contests - Windows Azure Apps - Grand Prize Winner

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