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    How does one send keystrokes from a VB app to
    a MS-DOS app(edit.com)?

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    Use the method AppActivate and SendKeys!

    Instead, I would use a batch file.
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    I would prefer to edit the file using Vb's own resources, not running Edit.com and try to change the file there
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    Thanks for the input Nitro.
    I am using Shell("edit.com C:\myfile") to open
    the file. But SendKeys has no effect on it. (I read
    somewhere that it does not work on NT, ie, using
    sendkeys on MS-DOS apps). what do you mean by "instead I
    would use a batch file"?




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