Activate tray icon from DOS batch file

Hi everybody
I use NotePad a lot including for posts such as this. However, I really
regret the fact that it doesn't have a SpellChecker.
So, I use TinySpell along with NotePad.
However, to avoid having to open more than one program just to run
NotePad with the SpellChecker, I have set up a small batch file which
includes the paths to the .exe files for both.
While this works, it's still missing something. This is that when
TinySpell opens, it puts an icon in the tray. This icon (and NOT the
desktop icon) must be right-clicked and the command "Open Spelling
Window" chosen to provide a small window which highlights misspelled
words as they occur. Note that the "Open Spelling Window" option can be
chosen also by typing "O" after right-clicking on the tray icon.
For some days I have tried to get that Spelling Window to open from the
batch file without success.
What I can't seem to be able to do is to simulate a right-click on the
TinySpell tray icon in DOS.
Can anybody point me in the right direction?
TIA
Paul

I don't understand why you don't use the program's own options to start at
boot, which puts the icon into the System tray immediately - then it's
always ready when you open notepad in the first place!

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"PaulFXH" wrote in message
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Hi everybody
I use NotePad a lot including for posts such as this. However, I really
regret the fact that it doesn't have a SpellChecker.
So, I use TinySpell along with NotePad.
However, to avoid having to open more than one program just to run
NotePad with the SpellChecker, I have set up a small batch file which
includes the paths to the .exe files for both.
While this works, it's still missing something. This is that when
TinySpell opens, it puts an icon in the tray. This icon (and NOT the
desktop icon) must be right-clicked and the command "Open Spelling
Window" chosen to provide a small window which highlights misspelled
words as they occur. Note that the "Open Spelling Window" option can be
chosen also by typing "O" after right-clicking on the tray icon.
For some days I have tried to get that Spelling Window to open from the
batch file without success.
What I can't seem to be able to do is to simulate a right-click on the
TinySpell tray icon in DOS.
Can anybody point me in the right direction?
TIA
Paul

Noel Paton escreveu:

I don't understand why you don't use the program's own options to start at
boot, which puts the icon into the System tray immediately - then it's
always ready when you open notepad in the first place!

Hi Noel
Thanks for your reply.
Actually, TinySpell does start up with the boot. But, as there are two
other users of this computer who tend to turn it off, in general it's
not running when I get back to my account.
Nevertheless, even if it were running when I wanted to use NotePad, I
would still have to right-click the TinySpell tray icon to bring up the
Spelling Window.
It is this latter step that I have endeavored to represent in the DOS
batch file with spectacular lack of success so far.
I have the impression that this will involve the RUNDLL or RUNDLL32
functions but that is about as far as I have gotten so far.
I would really welcome any suggestions.
TIA
Paul


--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm

http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's
"PaulFXH" wrote in message
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Hi everybody
I use NotePad a lot including for posts such as this. However, I really
regret the fact that it doesn't have a SpellChecker.
So, I use TinySpell along with NotePad.
However, to avoid having to open more than one program just to run
NotePad with the SpellChecker, I have set up a small batch file which
includes the paths to the .exe files for both.
While this works, it's still missing something. This is that when
TinySpell opens, it puts an icon in the tray. This icon (and NOT the
desktop icon) must be right-clicked and the command "Open Spelling
Window" chosen to provide a small window which highlights misspelled
words as they occur. Note that the "Open Spelling Window" option can be
chosen also by typing "O" after right-clicking on the tray icon.
For some days I have tried to get that Spelling Window to open from the
batch file without success.
What I can't seem to be able to do is to simulate a right-click on the
TinySpell tray icon in DOS.
Can anybody point me in the right direction?
TIA
Paul