Help with Sendkeys command

[paulrg]

this is probably a n00b question
I want to have a program , that after clicking a button on a form (could be called "Go") repeatedly simulates the pressing of a key on the keyboard until it is told to stop.

I can work it all out apart from how to code the keyboard press.

Can anyone help please
Thanks

[the182guy]

Sendkeys("a")

that would send the a letter to whatever app was in focus

[Keithuk]

Welcome to VBF Paul.

Please give your topics a useful title, everyone needs help.

[gavio]

Name your CommandButton "cmdGo" and try this:

Option Explicit
 
Private Sub Form_Load()
    cmdGo.Caption = "Go"
End Sub
 
Private Sub cmdGo_Click()
    If cmdGo.Caption = "Go" Then
        cmdGo.Caption = "Stop"
    Else
        cmdGo.Caption = "Go"
    End If
        Do Until cmdGo.Caption = "Go"
            SendKeys "a", True
                DoEvents
        Loop
End Sub

And welcome to VBForums

[DigiRev]

Name your CommandButton "cmdGo" and try this:

Option Explicit
 
Private Sub Form_Load()
    cmdGo.Caption = "Go"
End Sub
 
Private Sub cmdGo_Click()
    If cmdGo.Caption = "Go" Then
        cmdGo.Caption = "Stop"
    Else
        cmdGo.Caption = "Go"
    End If
        Do Until cmdGo.Caption = "Go"
            SendKeys "a", True
                DoEvents
        Loop
End Sub

And welcome to VBForums

Wow the code I was going to post was exactly the same as yours.

[gavio]

Wow the code I was going to post was exactly the same as yours.

I found this peace of code to be... anoying... my notebook ventilator just sang like a canarian...

[paulrg]

thats excellent , just what I was after
thanks guys

[the182guy]

you can use a timer to provide an interval after you click go, because you probably dont want to send key presses to your form or button

[paulrg]

Yes ive used a timer to do this

like this

Private Sub Timer1_Timer()
SendKeys "4"
End Sub

The program works fine when I run it and then load up notepad. But when I try to run the game im trying to get this to run with it doesnt work , almost as if the game doesnt have focus.

Anyone have any thoughts?

Great stuff so far though

[The_Rs_Monkey]

Whats the game?