Reference/SendMessage
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SendMessage
HWND msg wparam lparam [user_var(return value)] [/TIMEOUT=time_in_ms]
Sends a message to HWND. If a user variable $x is specified as the last parameter (or one before the last if you use /TIMEOUT), the return value of SendMessage will be stored to it. Note that when specifying 'msg' you must just use the integer value of the message. If you wish to send strings use "STR:a string" as wParam or lParam where needed.
WM_CLOSE 16 WM_COMMAND 273 WM_USER 1024
Include WinMessages.nsh to have all of Windows messages defined in your script.
To send a string param, put STR: before the parameter, for example: "STR:Some string".
Use /TIMEOUT=time_in_ms to specify the duration, in milliseconds, of the time-out period.
!include WinMessages.nsh FindWindow $0 "Winamp v1.x" SendMessage $0 ${WM_CLOSE} 0 0
Command introduced with NSIS v1.51