Help with SendKeys statement

[hothead]

This entire snippet errors out with "Argument not optional" when I run this code. I put in the code as instructed, as seen below:

Private Sub Form_KeyPress(KeyAscii As Integer)
    If SendKeys = "^C" Then    'VB errors out with "Expected: Then Or GoTo without the =
        MsgBox "Control+C pressed"
    End If
End Sub

I thought it might be that the Wait variable was missing, but I looked it up on MSDN, and it says that variable is optional. I tried it anyways, and I still get the same error. What am I doing wrong?

[Leather]

SendKeys is not a function... it does nto have a return value, so SendKeys = "^C" is an invalid statement

[Leather]

What are you trying to do, send some key strokes (this is what send keys does) or detect keys being pressed?

[MartinLiss]

SendKeys is used to send key sequences to your PC, not to determine which key was pressed which seems to be what you are tring to do. Here is an example that determines which keys were pressed.

Private Sub Text1_KeyDown(KeyCode As Integer, _
      Shift As Integer)
   ShiftKey = Shift And 7
   Select Case ShiftKey
      Case 1 ' or vbShiftMask
         Print "You pressed the SHIFT key."
      Case 2 ' or vbCtrlMask
         Print "You pressed the CTRL key."
      Case 4 ' or vbAltMask
         Print "You pressed the ALT key."
      Case 3
         Print "You pressed both SHIFT and CTRL."
      Case 5
         Print "You pressed both SHIFT and ALT."
      Case 6
         Print "You pressed both CTRL and ALT."
      Case 7
         Print "You pressed SHIFT, CTRL, and ALT."
      End Select
End Sub

[JordanChris]

SENDKEYS sends key strokes. You can't test SendKeys to see what the user typed.

You CAN check KeyAscii to see what the user typed.