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GadgetGuy
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OK, all you smart coders out there. I have been able to
code a number of Visual Basic executable routines to do
special things in PowerHome, but have gotten stumped on
what seems like it should be the easiest thing I've ever
tried. 
I want to fire a PH Trigger when my security cameras see
motion. The camera program can call any executable when
motion is detected, so I want a simple VB prgm that just
sends a Windows Message to PH, using I believe
Code:
| SendMessage("PowerHome", WM_USER, 3445, 5) |
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where the later two are the parameters to be passed to PH
to fire the trigger using Trigger Type WM_USER.
No matter what I have tried, I either compile with a
Syntax error, or an End of Statement expected.
Since I think this should be just a few lines of code and
don't want to prejudice any suggestions, could anyone
post a complete VB program code stream?
BTW. I'm running this in a 64-bit Win7 environment, which
I think makes a difference. 
THANKS!
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For the sake of completeness (although this does appear in a few scattered posts) here is information about a routine that Dave has placed in the Download Section of the PowerHome Home page.
It is a program called "phwmcmd.exe"
It is a PowerHome Windows Message Command Line Controller that will allow you to control PowerHome from the command line of the local PowerHome machine using Windows Messaging. Newly updated under VB and includes full sourcecode.
From my security camera software I call
Code:
| C:\powerhome\phwmcmd.exe ph_macroparm("CAMTRIG",2,0,0,0,0) |
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using the ph_macroparm()function to call my Camera Trigger macro with the camera# (eg, 2) passed as a parameter.
Works easily and like a charm! 
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