by Jessy Butzke (11 Submissions)
Category: Custom Controls/Forms/Menus
Compatability: VB 6.0
Difficulty: Unknown Difficulty
Originally Published: Wed 9th August 2000
Date Added: Mon 8th February 2021
Rating: 
(1 Votes)
Control other programs from your program. You can activate other program buttons and menus by using the SendKeys function. This example will
VBcoders
'HERE IS A LIST OF KEYS
'Backspace {BS}
'Break {BREAK}
'Caps Lock {CAPSLOCK}
'DELETE {DEL}
'Down Arrow {DOWN}
'END {END}
'ENTER {ENTER} or ~
'Escape {ESC}
'Help {HELP}
'Home {HOME}
'Insert {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 - F16 {F1} - {F16}
'Shift +
'Ctrl ^
'Alt %
Private Sub Command1_Click()
'This is to tab from button to button or space in notepad
AppActivate "Untitled - Notepad" 'You would use any programs top handle for example, the handle for
SendKeys "{TAB}" 'calc.exe is Calculator
End Sub
Private Sub Command2_Click()
'This is to drop down a line in notepad or to activate a button on a program
AppActivate "Untitled - Notepad" 'You would use any programs top handle for example, the handle for
SendKeys "{ENTER}" 'calc.exe is Calculator
End Sub
Private Sub Command3_Click()
'This is to close that program
AppActivate "Untitled - Notepad" 'You would use any programs top handle for example, the handle for
SendKeys "%{F4}" 'Sometimes it will ask if you are sure you want to close
'if it did you would enter.
'appactivate "Untitled - Notepad"
'SendKeys "%{F4}"
'Appactivate "Untitled - Notepad"
'Sendkeys "%{Y}"
End Sub
Private Sub Command4_Click()
'Sends what you typed into notepad
Dim strPart As String
strPart$ = Me.Text1.Text$
If Trim(strPart$) <> "" Then 'Checks text1.text for any words
Else
MsgBox "You did not enter anything.", vbCritical, "Error"
Me.Text1.SetFocus
End If
Do Until strPart$ = "" 'Loops until strPart$ is blank
AppActivate "Untitled - Notepad"
SendKeys Left(strPart$, 1)
strPart$ = Right(strPart$, Len(strPart$) - 1)
DoEvents
Loop
End Sub
Private Sub Form_Load()
Shell "c:\windows\notepad.exe", vbNormalFocus 'Moves your form down and right to move out of the way
'of notepad
Me.Top = Screen.Height - Me.Height
Me.Left = Screen.Width - Me.Width
End Sub
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