Fixed code, still need help tho... SIMULATE REAL KEYBOARD COMMANDS

[RhinoBull]

Is this what you need, thegreatone?

Private Sub Command1_Click()
Dim i%
 
    Shell "notepad", vbNormalFocus
    Clipboard.Clear
    With Text1
        For i = 0 To Len(.Text) - 1
            SendKeys Mid(.Text, i + 1, 1)
        Next i
    End With
    SendKeys "^{c}"
    SendKeys "^{v}"
 
End Sub

[dglienna]

i don't think he is talking about notepad. not sure what it is, though

[RhinoBull]

i don't think he is talking about notepad. not sure what it is, though

... then what would this mean? ...

Private Appnum As Long
Private Sub Command1_Click()
    Appnum = Shell("C:\WINDOWS\notepad.exe")
    Timer2.Enabled = True
End Sub

[dglienna]

BUT, when modified to open another app it DOES send the keys, BUT as the other app ONLY responds to real keyboard shortcuts how do i make it act as if it came from the keyboard ?

AND

...same signal as the one runnin down the ps/2 port

I wasn't sure what he meant, either.

[RhinoBull]

I guess we just have to wait until he responds ...

[RobDog888]

You can use the keybd_event API to send keypreses or mouseclicks to
a window that you can make active and focused.

Private Declare Sub keybd_event Lib "user32.dll" (ByVal bVk As Byte, ByVal bScan As Byte, ByVal dwFlags As Long, _
ByVal dwExtraInfo As Long)

An example at allapi.net

HTH

[thegreatone]

Sorry i took so long to reply, so far the closest thing to what i am trying to do is posted by robdog, BUT i am still far from acheiving what i am wanting to do.

Ok, i am really trying to make this understandable, so here goes :

When you press a key on your keyboard a signal is sent through the wire to the computer, i want a Visual Basic program to be able to simulate that exact thing. This program MUST be able to make the computer think a key is bieng pressed somehow, and the API and sendkeys features do not do this. Am i aiming far too high for a VB program ?

[RobDog888]

Checkout the example (keyboard animation) for SetKeyboardState API here.