sendkeys

Basically I want to simulate in code a user clicking on the windows button. I know there is SendKeys which allows me to send key presses to windows if I get a handle to them, but what I can't figure out is what I need to get a handle on in order to send Windows button commands. E.g. Windows Button + L. Having read into this a bit it appears that CTRL-ESC should pop up the Start Menu also but not sure how to tell it to send the keys to Windows (if this is even possible). Any help would be much appreciated. Cheers! I don't think you can do this using SendKeys, you will need to p/invoke to an API

Is it possible for a program to send keystrokes or messages to Windows 7 (the operating system it's running on) to simulate the effect of a user physically pressing the Windows key on their keyboard, for example; in C++, using the Windows API? The SendInput function has been available for ages, and should do just what you need. Beginners often try to send keys to windows because they think it is the easiest solution. It is sure easy to reply by saying it is possible. Often, after the developer invests a significant amount of time, it becomes complicated. One reason it is complicated is because

I want to send { and } signs to the Active window in Visual Basic 2010.But the problem is when we send a key like "Backspace" we send it as "{BS}".So it also contains the { & } signs. Therefore when we send { and } signs nothing happen.Anyone help me... From http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.sendkeys.aspx The plus sign (+), caret (^), percent sign (%), tilde (~), and parentheses () have special meanings to SendKeys. To specify one of these characters, enclose it within braces ({}). For example, to specify the plus sign, use "{+}". To specify brace characters, use "{{

I have tried this in Visual Studio 2008 with XP and Windows 7: SendKeys.SendWait("sometext{ENTER}{ENTER}") This is for opening a file in an open file dialog box. It works on XP with VS2008, but when I try on Windows 7, it seems that the {ENTER} keys are not going through. Is there a known issue with this, or am I doing something wrong? this should work, you can try using \n as well: System.Windows.Forms.SendKeys.SendWait("Hello World{ENTER}Testing\n"); This does work on my windows 7 machine. The problem you're having is most likely with the application you're attempting to send the keys to is

I want to switch back and forth between application with the shell command in VBA. I am using SendKeys to do stuff in process A then move to process B, then to process A then process B. It works fine for the first iteration. When I use AppActivate to go back to process B, it actually does switch focus back to process B. HOWEVER, it ignores subsequent commands from SendKeys. Example code: Sub pastePDF2TXT_v3(pdfName As String, txtName As String) Dim acrobatID Dim acrobatInvokeCmd As String Dim acrobatLocation As String Dim notepadID Dim acrobatID2 Dim notepadID2 Debug.Print "here"

I am trying to use the SendKeys() command to another window with my VB6 app. What I wanted is to click a button, and then have 10 seconds to go to the other window before the app sends some keys to that window. I got everything sorted but for some reason when I call something like this: SendKeys ("A") I get this error: Run-time error '70': Permission denied Does anyone know a way around this? Thanks. Take a look at what Karl Peterson worked up as a fix for this under Vista: SendInput Eduardo de Santana For Windows 7: Change the UAC settings to never notify. For Windows 8 and 10: Add this