SendKeys (multiple simultaneously)

[sweetac]

Helly, I am trying to have my code send multiple keys together (ctl+alt+shift+q). I have tried System.Windows.Forms.SendKeys.Send("^(%(+(q)))") where ^=ctl, %=alt, and +=shift but it is not working. Would I need to somehow select desktop or winlogon windows before calling it? Is there another way? The key combination shows a hidden window that a 3rd party app is managing.

Thanks!

 

[macleod1021]

Did you try sending it like this:

SendKeys.Send("^%+q")

Unless I'm mistaken, the Send method will read the input and automatically pick out the keywords. So what was getting sent through was ctrl+(, then alt+(, then shift+(, then "q)))".

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[sweetac]

Yeah, tried that too. I think somehow the focus needs to be pulled from the current window. I have seen some cpp examples of the ctl+alt+del call where desktop (winlogon) is set first, and then postmessage is called to invoke it but they first convert the keys to long and then perform a logical or on the alt and the control and calculate a new long to pass in. I'm not sure why it is done that way.

 

[Sorwen]

I don't know if this is the most correct way as it is a hold over from VBA, but you can use AppActivate.

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