simulating doubleclick on item in listbox

[borre_mosch]

I'm trying to simulate a doubleclick on a listbox in a VB program (my program is c++, the target program is VB).
I have the handle to the listbox and the main window, but I don't know what messages to send to the program.
Does anybody know what messages to send to the target program?

Thanks in advance,
Borre

[knutso]

I think you have to send a WM_NOTIFY message with a NM_DBLCLICK message

[Ken Fitlike]

You may wish to try sending a LBN_DBLCLK notification as a WM_COMMAND to the listbox parent. Something like:

SendMessage(GetParent(hwndListbox),
            WM_COMMAND,
            MAKEWPARAM(GetDlgCtrlId(hwndListbox),LBN_DBLCLK),
            (LPARAM)hwndListbox);

[CornedBee]

For a list box, it might as well be a WM_COMMAND with LBN_DBLCLK.

But this will only work if the VB app uses the standard list box (which is an ActiveX wrapper around the standard Windows list box). If the VB app uses a fancy custom list box (and very often you don't even know it unless you look at the class name in Spy++) it will probably not work, because the programmer of the ActiveX will not have bothered to be compatible with standard Windows behavior.

Another problem is that VB doesn't necessarily even use the WM_COMMAND messages. ActiveX has its own way of passing notifications. It would thus make sense if the ActiveX wrapper intercepts the message the control tries to send and instead sends its ActiveX notfication. In that case you have to make the control itself believe it has been doubleclicked. This is complicated.
First, you have to send the list box a LB_SELECTSTRING or LB_SETCARETINDEX message (the former only if it's not a multiple-selection box, the latter requires you to find the item index first) to guarantee that the item you want is actually visible.
Second, you have to find its actual position within the box. I don't know an easy way, you have to use LB_GETITEMHEIGHT and LB_ITEMFROMPOINT to scan the box for the id you want. Once you know where the item you want is you can do the actual doubleclicking by sending a WM_LDBLCLK specifying coordinates you know hit the item you want.

Good luck