I'm about to lose my mind. I'm trying to make a touchscreen overlay for our crappy POS software at work. It is a simple DOS program. I had built an autohotkey script and gui but I just didn't like the look and lack of advanced menus. All I want is to replicate the CONTROLSEND ability of autohotkey. I tried the autohotkey.dll but I have no idea how to add it to my project. I was hoping VB2010 had something built in that can send a string of keystrokes to the DOS program underneath.

I have searched all sorts of forum posts for a SIMPLE snippet of code. Seems anyone seeking this is out for nefarious purposes though, and little help is offered. If you worry about this please PM me so I can prove to you my good intentions.

Let me repeat, all I want is a simple snippet of code that when a button is pushed, a specific string (characters and function keys) is sent to a specific out of focus dos box.