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Hello, Im using the sendkeys function to send keys to another program, it works ok when I use letters, but if i use a symbol it wont work, heres an example of what i meen.
VB Code:
Does anyone know why this is? and is there a way around it
Hello,
The only character that don't work with the sendkey function is the two ")" "(" And these two Characters "{}"
So if you keep those four types of characters out of the code it seems to work.
Hope this helps ya!
Stikid007
Because the program is not expecting a symbol, so it doesn't know to convert it.
Certain "symbols" have special meanings to SendKeys, like % means the Alt key, ~ is the Enter key, etc.
Here is a list of all symbols that I had to deal with specially when making a program using SendKeys:
(){}%&~+^
Tha box is ALT+0127. Also, ASCII # 0173 has problems if used with sendkeys in a rich text box. Good luck :)
If your having allot of troubles with SendKeys (usually everyone has issues with it) you should maybe consider changing
over to FindWindow, FindWindowEx, & SendMessage APIs for reliability and none of these type of issues. :)
If you want to get around this problem of VB not recognizing it becuase of its character then you could do this.
VB Code:
Give it a try and let me know what you think.
The "+" = "SHIFT KEY"
Stilekid007
yup worked fine stilekid007 thanks