Sending keystorkes to another application

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How to send keystrokes to another running application using VB 6.0? I tried using SendKeys by AppActive, but its not working. I need to access using Win32 API. I am automating an application using VB 6(We cannot use any 3rd party libraries like AutoIT or something)Can anyone please suggest me how to send keystrokes to another application using VB

Posted 30-Dec-09 22:38pm

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CPallini · Answer 1 · 2009-12-30T22:58:00

An example at MSDN:
<pre>
Dim ReturnValue, I
ReturnValue = Shell("CALC.EXE", 1) ' Run Calculator.
AppActivate ReturnValue ' Activate the Calculator.
For I = 1 To 100 ' Set up counting loop.
SendKeys I & "{+}", True ' Send keystrokes to Calculator
Next I ' to add each value of I.
SendKeys "=", True ' Get grand total.
SendKeys "%{F4}", True ' Send ALT+F4 to close Calculator.
</pre>
I copied the example because today there's no luck in posting links...
<a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa266281%28VS.60%29.aspx">http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa266281%28VS.60%29.aspx</a>[<a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa266281%28VS.60%29.aspx" target="_blank" title="New Window">^</a>]
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:)