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Updated on 2025-03-10

VBA solves the 617th game of Windows's free solitaire

Windows's own game is a free-standing game, and the 617th game is relatively difficult to solve. It requires a lot of attempts, and often forgets the solution and steps.

I originally hoped to use tools such as AutoIt or AutoHotkey or AAuto to write an automated script to quickly solve this game, but these tools need to be installed and are easily treated as viruses. VBA in Office calls Windows' API and send key messages to game windows, which can quickly demonstrate the solution.

Declare Function FindWindow Lib "user32" Alias _
  "FindWindowA" (ByVal lpClassName As String, ByVal lpWindowName As String) As Long
   
Declare Function SendMessage Lib "user32" Alias _
  "SendMessageA" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal wMsg As Long, ByVal wParam As Long, ByVal lParam As Long) As Long
 
Const WM_CHAR = &H102
 
Sub f()
s = "83 80 83 81 80 " & _
  "20 27 72 " & _
  "48 46 41 48 42 " & _
  "89 48 70 74 78 07 40 27 " & _
  "10 14 004 10 01 16 19 " & _
  "20 002 42 21 20 " & _
  "32 34 24 32 42 34 30 38 " & _
  "58 53 63 57 56 50 " & _
  "10 10 13 15 35 13 12 18"
 
h = FindWindow("FreeWClass", "Air Solitaire Game #617")
For i = 1 To Len(s)
  c = Mid(s, i, 1)
  m = 0.1
  If c >= "0" And c <= "9" Then
    a = SendMessage(h, WM_CHAR, Asc(c), 0)
  Else
    m = 0.3
  End If
  m = m + Timer: Do While Timer < m: DoEvents: Loop
Next
End Sub