Hi Everyone,
Could someone please advise as to how I can send an 'Enter' key press using the following code:
Any assistance is greatly appreciated.
Sara
Could someone please advise as to how I can send an 'Enter' key press using the following code:
Code:
Private Declare Function SendInput Lib "user32.dll" _
(ByVal nInputs As Long, ByRef pInputs As Any, _
ByVal cbSize As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function VkKeyScan Lib "user32" Alias "VkKeyScanA" _
(ByVal cChar As Byte) As Integer
Private Type KeyboardInput ' typedef struct tagINPUT {
dwType As Long ' DWORD type;
wVK As Integer ' union {MOUSEINPUT mi;
wScan As Integer ' KEYBDINPUT ki;
dwFlags As Long ' HARDWAREINPUT hi;
dwTime As Long ' };
dwExtraInfo As Long ' }INPUT, *PINPUT;
dwPadding As Currency ' 8 extra bytes, because mouses take more.
End Type
Private Const INPUT_MOUSE As Long = 0
Private Const INPUT_KEYBOARD As Long = 1
Private Const KEYEVENTF_KEYUP As Long = 2
Private Const VK_LSHIFT = &HA0
Public Sub SendKey(ByVal Data As String)
Dim ki() As KeyboardInput
Dim i As Long
Dim o As Long ' output buffer position
Dim c As String ' character
ReDim ki(1 To Len(Data) * 4) As KeyboardInput
o = 1
For i = 1 To Len(Data)
c = Mid$(Data, i, 1)
Select Case c
Case "A" To "Z": ' upper case
ki(o).dwType = INPUT_KEYBOARD 'shift down
ki(o).wVK = VK_LSHIFT
ki(o + 1) = ki(o) ' key down
ki(o + 1).wVK = VkKeyScan(Asc(c))
ki(o + 2) = ki(o + 1) ' key up
ki(o + 2).dwFlags = KEYEVENTF_KEYUP
ki(o + 3) = ki(o) ' shift up
ki(o + 3).dwFlags = KEYEVENTF_KEYUP
o = o + 4
Case Else: ' lower case
ki(o).dwType = INPUT_KEYBOARD
ki(o).wVK = VkKeyScan(Asc(c))
ki(o + 1) = ki(o)
ki(o + 1).dwFlags = KEYEVENTF_KEYUP
o = o + 2
End Select
Next i
Debug.Print SendInput(o - 1, ki(1), LenB(ki(1))),
'Debug.Print Err.LastDllError
End Sub
Private Sub Command1_Click()
Text1.Text = ""
Text1.SetFocus
DoEvents
Call SendKey("This Is A Test")
End Sub
Sara