Controlsend keys [to not active window]

I understand that i cant use SendKeys.SendWait("sampletext") to send keys to not active window. is there any other way can I do this?

Code:

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            Dim ProcID As Integer
            ProcID = Shell("notepad.EXE")

            ControlSend ( "title", controlID, "string"

            title - The title of the window to access.
            controlID - Send text to the 1st Edit control in the Notepad window
            String - of characters to send to the control.

            ControlSend("Untitled - Notepad", "Edit1", "sampletext"
            ControlSend("Untitled - Notepad", "[CLASSNN:Edit1]", "sampletext")
            ControlSend("Untitled - Notepad", "[CLASS:Edit; INSTANCE:1]", "sampletext")

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If your trying to send text or something to an inactive window its best to use the sendmessage api as it can be used to send text, get text , click a button etc. to a specific window even if it is inactive.

Declaration:

Code:

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Private Declare Auto Function SendMessage Lib "user32.dll" Alias "SendMessage" (ByVal hWnd As IntPtr, ByVal Msg As Integer, ByVal wParam As Integer, ByVal lParam As IntPtr) As IntPtr

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However if you were to use sendmessage you would need to use findwindow:

Code:

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rivate Declare Auto Function FindWindow Lib "user32" (ByVal lpClassName As String, ByVal lpWindowName As String) As Integer

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Now i know this looks comlicated it sure was for me but try them out and they can be really helpful!