ok, i want to know if there is a way to paste without using senkeys "^{V}" or sendkeys "+{INSERT}"

currently i can hit a hotkey and my program sets text to the clipboard and sends "^{V}" and i can paste to places when i'm NOT in my program.

this doesn't work for internet explorer, though... it just sits there and does nothing. however if i'm in notepad it will work just fine.

so, IS there an api call to paste so i can paste text -from- my program to a different program?