How to simulate a key press???

[alb0001]

I would like to know if someone could please tell me how to simulate a keyboard key press by API.

Thank you in advance.

[phAstA]

You don't neccessarily need an API call - try:

SendKeys "t"
SendKeys "hello world"
SendKeys "{TAB}"
SendKeys "{ENTER}"

SendKeys follows the form:

SendKeys string [,wait As Boolean]

so if you want to wait for the last key to be pressed before simulating another one, try:

SendKeys "{DEL}", True

Hope this helps!

[alb0001]

thank you very much, but I need the API because i am going to "convert" a joystick button signal to a keyboard key so I will need to use the keyup and keydown. The only possible way to do so is by API

[Matthew Gates]

Use the keybd_event API function.

Private Declare Sub keybd_event Lib "user32.dll" (ByVal bVk As _
Byte, ByVal bScan As Byte, ByVal dwFlags As Long, ByVal _
dwExtraInfo As Long)
 
Private Const KEYEVENTF_KEYUP = &H2
 
 
Private Sub Command1_Click()
    Text1.SetFocus
    keybd_event vbKeyH, 0, 0, 0   
    keybd_event vbKeyH, 0, KEYEVENTF_KEYUP, 0
    keybd_event vbKeyE, 0, 0, 0   
    keybd_event vbKeyE, 0, KEYEVENTF_KEYUP, 0
    keybd_event vbKeyL, 0, 0, 0   
    keybd_event vbKeyL, 0, KEYEVENTF_KEYUP, 0
    keybd_event vbKeyL, 0, 0, 0   
    keybd_event vbKeyL, 0, KEYEVENTF_KEYUP, 0
    keybd_event vbKeyO, 0, 0, 0   
    keybd_event vbKeyO, 0, KEYEVENTF_KEYUP, 0
End Sub