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Re: Script or software to run a GUI based application

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Subject	Re: Script or software to run a GUI based application
Date	Wed, 11 May 2011 21:22:40 -0400
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"Stefan Mueller" <seekware@yahoo.com> wrote in message 
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> On my server a GUI based application is installed. If I start this
> application I can enter the name of a city and as result I get many
> information (GPS coordinates, population, ...).
> My goal is to write a script or software which extracts all
> information about a particular city. My current VB code opens the GUI
> base application (VB command: Shell), enters the name of the
> particular city (VB command: keybd_event), presses Enter and copies
> the result/information into the clipboard and finally saves them into
> a file.
> My problem is that this approach works only if I'm connected via RDP
> to my server where this GUI based application is running. If the RDP
> session is disconnected my approach doesn't work.
>
> Does someone know a way how to control a GUI based application even
> though the RDP session is disconnected?

There is no need to copyleft when you can get the same information for free:

http://www.scroogle.org/cgi-bin/nbbw.cgi?Gw=free+city+database&n=1

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Script or software to run a GUI based application Stefan Mueller <seekware@yahoo.com> - 2011-05-11 16:13 -0700
  Re: Script or software to run a GUI based application "Nobody" <nobody@nobody.com> - 2011-05-11 21:22 -0400
    Re: Script or software to run a GUI based application Stefan Mueller <seekware@yahoo.com> - 2011-05-14 12:41 -0700
      Re: Script or software to run a GUI based application Dee Earley <dee.earley@icode.co.uk> - 2011-05-17 08:39 +0100
  Re: Script or software to run a GUI based application DanS <t.h.i.s.n.t.h.a.t@r.o.a.d.r.u.n.n.e.r.c.o.m> - 2011-05-17 06:14 -0500
    Re: Script or software to run a GUI based application Stefan Mueller <seekware@yahoo.com> - 2011-05-28 05:31 -0700
      Re: Script or software to run a GUI based application ralph <nt_consulting64@yahoo.net> - 2011-05-28 15:00 -0500

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