Sending Keys to Notepad

[FindusTheCat]

Hello,

I've got a big problem: I want to send keystrokes to the Windows Notepad but I don't want the user to see the notepad-Programm. So I choose the option vbHide (Sourcecode see below).
But it doesn't work...if I select the option vbNormalFocus it works without any trouble, but as already said, I don't want to see the user the notepad-program.
It could be also helpful if sb. could tell me how to get text into the clipboard...
Thank you very much,

Findus

Sourcecode:

Private Sub Befehl0_Click()
Dim pad As Long
pad = Shell("C:\notepad.exe", vbHide)
AppActivate pad, True

SendKeys "Hello World !"
End Sub

 

[bryanbayfield]

Well, perhaps the best way then would be to use the Open Method?

Open "C:\Windows\Temp\Temp.txt" For Append As #1
Print #1, "Hello World!"
close #1

 

[Guest_imported]

Hello,

thanks for your tip...so far so good, but now another problem has occured. The next step I have to do doesn't work with the open-method, because I have to execute a DOS-program and send keys to the DOS-program...you got an idea how to manage this ?

Greetings,

Findus

 

[bryanbayfield]

Not really, other than suggestig you use the SendKeys method ;-)

 

[coolkake]

I am by no means a programmer but would sending the info the clipboard, open your DOS prompt and paste work?

Just a thought