Mouse click control on non-LabVIEW Windows

I'm using an ActiveX interface to talk to Opus spectrometer software. I can pass data around and start acquiring just fine but each time I run my acquisition LabVIEW software I get a little "ok" popup message from Opus that wants me to confirm acquisition. Is there anyway I can programmatically click this box so it will go away? It is running in a different process than LabVIEW so I didn't know if that kind of mouse control was possible.

Just check out if pressing Returen (Enter) key closes the dialog?
If yes then download the llb located at
http://forums.lavag.org/index.php?act=attach&type=post&id=91
in this llb file you will get the VI to simulate the keypress.
then as you launch application wait for some time and then simulate keypress and go ahead
Note: This may not be very robust solution as the keypress will not work if somebody clicks somewhere on screen and application in focus is changed.
but its quick solution
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