VB.Net SendKeys

Robert Cezar

I am trying to send:

Ctrl, Shift, TAB and the number 1 contemporaneously.

I am using:

System.Windows.Forms.SendKeys.Send("^+{TAB}1")

or

System.Windows.Forms.SendKeys.Send("^+({TAB}1)")

Neither work. Any clues?

Thanks in advance.

Robert

May 4 '07 #1

Killer42

What does "contemporaneously" mean in this context?

According to the doco, your first version should successfully send the Ctrl-Shift-Tab first, followed by "1". Perhaps you need to use SendWait?

May 5 '07 #2

Robert Cezar

Sorry...

I am trying to send:

Ctrl, Shift, TAB and the number 1 all at the same time.

i.e., Hold down all 4 keys simultaneously.

I have tried:

System.Windows.Forms.SendKeys.Send("(^+{TAB}1)")
System.Windows.Forms.SendKeys.Send("^+({TAB}1)")
System.Windows.Forms.SendKeys.Send("(^+)({TAB}1)")
Nothing seems to work.

Thanks for the reply.

Robert

May 5 '07 #3

SammyB

Sorry...

I am trying to send:

Ctrl, Shift, TAB and the number 1 all at the same time.

i.e., Hold down all 4 keys simultaneously.

You cannot do that: it is two key strokes. ^+{TAB} ctrl shift tab is one key stroke and 1 is the second key stroke, so "^+{TAB}" & "1" would be the way I would try.

Are you trying to do this: http://www.thescripts.com/forum/thread206970.html?

May 5 '07 #4

SammyB

You cannot do that

Look at http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...orms.keys.aspx
Notice that some of the enums are listed as "modifier" keys: you can bitwise combine these, so Keys.Control + Keys.Shift + Keys.Tab is a single key, but there is no Tab modifier key.

May 5 '07 #5