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Downloads:
696
Downloads of v 1.1.2:
696
Last Update:
28 Mar 2015
Package Maintainer(s):
Software Author(s):
- Stefan Kueng
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SendMessage
- Software Specific:
- Software Site
- Software License
- Package Specific:
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- Package outdated?
- Package broken?
- Contact Maintainers
- Contact Site Admins
- Software Vendor?
- Report Abuse
- Download
Downloads:
696
Downloads of v 1.1.2:
696
Maintainer(s):
Software Author(s):
- Stefan Kueng
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To install SendMessage, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:
To upgrade SendMessage, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:
To uninstall SendMessage, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:
NOTE: This applies to both open source and commercial editions of Chocolatey.
1. Ensure you are set for organizational deployment
Please see the organizational deployment guide
2. Get the package into your environment-
Open Source or Commercial:
- Proxy Repository - Create a proxy nuget repository on Nexus, Artifactory Pro, or a proxy Chocolatey repository on ProGet. Point your upstream to https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2. Packages cache on first access automatically. Make sure your choco clients are using your proxy repository as a source and NOT the default community repository. See source command for more information.
- You can also just download the package and push it to a repository Download
-
Open Source
- Download the Package Download
- Follow manual internalization instructions
-
Package Internalizer (C4B)
- Run
choco download sendmessage --internalize --source=https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2
(additional options) - Run
choco push --source="'http://internal/odata/repo'"
for package and dependencies - Automate package internalization
- Run
3. Enter your internal repository url
(this should look similar to https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2)
4. Choose your deployment method:
choco upgrade sendmessage -y --source="'STEP 3 URL'" [other options]
See options you can pass to upgrade.
See best practices for scripting.
Add this to a PowerShell script or use a Batch script with tools and in places where you are calling directly to Chocolatey. If you are integrating, keep in mind enhanced exit codes.
If you do use a PowerShell script, use the following to ensure bad exit codes are shown as failures:
choco upgrade sendmessage -y --source="'STEP 3 URL'"
$exitCode = $LASTEXITCODE
Write-Verbose "Exit code was $exitCode"
$validExitCodes = @(0, 1605, 1614, 1641, 3010)
if ($validExitCodes -contains $exitCode) {
Exit 0
}
Exit $exitCode
- name: Ensure sendmessage installed
win_chocolatey:
name: sendmessage
state: present
version: 1.1.2
source: STEP 3 URL
See docs at https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/win_chocolatey_module.html.
chocolatey_package 'sendmessage' do
action :install
version '1.1.2'
source 'STEP 3 URL'
end
See docs at https://docs.chef.io/resource_chocolatey_package.html.
Chocolatey::Ensure-Package
(
Name: sendmessage,
Version: 1.1.2,
Source: STEP 3 URL
);
Requires Otter Chocolatey Extension. See docs at https://inedo.com/den/otter/chocolatey.
cChocoPackageInstaller sendmessage
{
Name = 'sendmessage'
Ensure = 'Present'
Version = '1.1.2'
Source = 'STEP 3 URL'
}
Requires cChoco DSC Resource. See docs at https://github.com/chocolatey/cChoco.
package { 'sendmessage':
provider => 'chocolatey',
ensure => '1.1.2',
source => 'STEP 3 URL',
}
Requires Puppet Chocolatey Provider module. See docs at https://forge.puppet.com/puppetlabs/chocolatey.
salt '*' chocolatey.install sendmessage version="1.1.2" source="STEP 3 URL"
See docs at https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/ref/modules/all/salt.modules.chocolatey.html.
5. If applicable - Chocolatey configuration/installation
See infrastructure management matrix for Chocolatey configuration elements and examples.
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This package was approved by moderator ferventcoder on 09 Jun 2015.
Ever wondered how you should test whether your application correctly responds to certain system messages like WM_ENDSESSION or WM_POWERBROADCAST? Of course you can test your application by actually triggering those messages, but especially the WM_ENDSESSION message and its purpose makes it impossible to attach a debugger to your application once Windows sends you that message.
With this tool, you can send that message and any other message you like to your application window. And you can do that while you have a debugger attached to your application!
To find the window handle of your application, either drag the target icon in the upper left to your main window, or click on the "Windows" button and select the window from the list.
There are a few window messages predefined in SendMessage. If you need to send a message that is not in the list, just enter the number of the message and any required values for WPARAM and LPARAM manually. The screenshot below shows how this would look like for the WM_SYSCOLORCHANGE message.
Once you've entered the message information, click on either the "SendMessage" or "PostMessage" button and the message is sent or posted to your window.
$packageName = 'sendmessage'
$url = 'http://sourceforge.net/projects/sendmessage/files/SendMessage-1.1.2.exe/download'
$checksum = '437e5c7b2c2ed06bdce8882c6524fb10e54a1eba'
$checksumType = 'sha1'
$toolsDir = "$(Split-Path -parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition)"
$installFile = Join-Path $toolsDir "$($packageName).exe"
try {
Get-ChocolateyWebFile -PackageName "$packageName" `
-FileFullPath "$installFile" `
-Url "$url" `
-Checksum "$checksum" `
-ChecksumType "$checksumType"
Set-Content -Path ("$installFile.gui") `
-Value $null
} catch {
throw $_.Exception
}
Log in or click on link to see number of positives.
- sendmessage.1.1.2.nupkg (717b38da0b46) - ## / 55
- SendMessage-1.1.2.exe (0531777f75c6) - ## / 54
In cases where actual malware is found, the packages are subject to removal. Software sometimes has false positives. Moderators do not necessarily validate the safety of the underlying software, only that a package retrieves software from the official distribution point and/or validate embedded software against official distribution point (where distribution rights allow redistribution).
Chocolatey Pro provides runtime protection from possible malware.
Version | Downloads | Last Updated | Status |
---|---|---|---|
SendMessage 1.1.2 | 696 | Saturday, March 28, 2015 | Approved |
© Stefan Kueng
This package has no dependencies.
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