Sending Keys
You can easily send keys to the active window, as if the user was pressing
keys on the keyboard by using the SendKeys statement.
Shell "notepad", vbNormalFocus
SendKeys "This is a test string"
The code above runs notepad, and sends the keys 'This is a test
string' to it. If you want to use special keys, such as ENTER or TAB, and keys that represent actions rather than characters, use the
codes shown below:
|
Key
|
Code
|
| BACKSPACE |
{BACKSPACE}, {BS}, or {BKSP} |
| BREAK |
{BREAK} |
| CAPS LOCK |
{CAPSLOCK} |
| DEL or DELETE |
{DELETE} or {DEL} |
| DOWN ARROW |
{DOWN} |
| END |
{END} |
| ENTER |
{ENTER}or ~ |
| ESC |
{ESC} |
| HELP |
{HELP} |
| HOME |
{HOME} |
| INS or INSERT |
{INSERT} or {INS} |
| LEFT ARROW |
{LEFT} |
| NUM LOCK |
{NUMLOCK} |
| PAGE DOWN |
{PGDN} |
| PAGE UP |
{PGUP} |
| PRINT SCREEN |
{PRTSC} |
| RIGHT ARROW |
{RIGHT} |
| SCROLL LOCK |
{SCROLLLOCK} |
| TAB |
{TAB} |
| UP ARROW |
{UP} |
| F1 |
{F1} |
| F2 |
{F2} |
| F3 |
{F3} |
| F4 |
{F4} |
| F5 |
{F5} |
| F6 |
{F6} |
| F7 |
{F7} |
| F8 |
{F8} |
| F9 |
{F9} |
| F10 |
{F10} |
| F11 |
{F11} |
| F12 |
{F12} |
| F13 |
{F13} |
| F14 |
{F14} |
| F15 |
{F15} |
| F16 |
{F16} |
To specify keys combined with any combination of the SHIFT, CTRL, and ALT keys,
precede the key code with one or more of the following codes:
|
Key
|
Code
|
| SHIFT |
+ |
| CTRL |
^ |
| ALT |
% |
To specify that any combination of SHIFT, CTRL, and ALT should be held down
while several other keys are pressed, enclose the code for those keys in
parentheses. For example, to specify to hold down SHIFT while E and C are
pressed, use "+(EC)". To specify to hold down SHIFT while
E is pressed, followed by C without SHIFT, use "+EC".
To specify repeating keys, use the form {key number}. You must
put a space between key and number. For example, {LEFT
42} means press the LEFT ARROW key 42 times; {h 10} means
press H 10 times.