SendKeys.Send only runs first time

[alfred.sehmueller]

Hello,

i built a small system-tray application that listens to a hotkey builds
a string and inserts the string to the active application using
SendKeys.Send()

The Problem is - this works only once. The hotkey is still o.k. (i also
copy the string to the clipboard, here I always get the correct string
that contains a timestamp) but sendkeys sends strange characters the
second time:

{}[}}[²
or
{}[}}[}

Depending on the active application sometimes the second time no string
at all is sent.

Can you please help me with this?

Thanks Alfred

[Steve Drake]

I havent used sendkey for years, and i have always had problems, if you want
to put some text in somewhere you may be able to use the clipboard and send
the Windows Message the triggers a Paste.

Steve
<al***************@gmx.de> wrote in message
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Hello,

i built a small system-tray application that listens to a hotkey builds
a string and inserts the string to the active application using
SendKeys.Send()

The Problem is - this works only once. The hotkey is still o.k. (i also
copy the string to the clipboard, here I always get the correct string
that contains a timestamp) but sendkeys sends strange characters the
second time:

{}[}}[²
or
{}[}}[}

Depending on the active application sometimes the second time no string
at all is sent.

Can you please help me with this?

Thanks Alfred

[Brendan Grant]

Try using SendWait() instead of Send() in order to make sure the first group
of keys was processed by the receiver before sending another group.

Brendan
"al***************@gmx.de" wrote:

Hello,

i built a small system-tray application that listens to a hotkey builds
a string and inserts the string to the active application using
SendKeys.Send()

The Problem is - this works only once. The hotkey is still o.k. (i also
copy the string to the clipboard, here I always get the correct string
that contains a timestamp) but sendkeys sends strange characters the
second time:

{}[}}[²
or
{}[}}[}

Depending on the active application sometimes the second time no string
at all is sent.

Can you please help me with this?

Thanks Alfred

[alfred.sehmueller]

Thanks for your answer,

the problem is, the users don't wan't to loose there current clipboard.
That's why I thought about sendkeys

Bye Alfred

[alfred.sehmueller]

Hi Brendan,

thanks for your answer, but this didn't help

Bye Alfred

[Steve Drake]

You can save and resotre the clip board.

Steve
<al***************@gmx.de> wrote in message
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Thanks for your answer,

the problem is, the users don't wan't to loose there current clipboard.
That's why I thought about sendkeys

Bye Alfred