vb/saving other app's work

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From: dannemiller
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1993 00:02

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I am writing an application in VB.  I would like to 
periodically check to see if another apllication is 
active and if it is send a message to it to save it's 
current file.  I know that I can do this using appactivate 
and sendkeys, but the other application has to be maximized 
to use sendkeys, and this is annoying to have the other
application suddenly maximize form an icon while you are working on 
something else.  Can anyone tell me how to send a message 
to another application telling it to save its current work?
Please be as explicit as possible as my C programming experience 
is somewhat limited.  I have tried using the SendMessage function, 
but I can't figure out what message to send.

Thanks,
Jim Danforth

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