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sendkey and shift control F7

Author
18 Oct 2005 11:54 PM
gkj_iii
in vb6 i'm sending a key sequence of shift control f7 using sendkey
("+^(F7)") but it appears to not be working correclty.  items such as
sendky("+(F8)") works fine but not with the +^ sequence.  any thoughts?  tnx,
george

Author
19 Oct 2005 3:35 AM
Jeff Johnson [MVP: VB]
"gkj_iii" <gkj_***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> in vb6 i'm sending a key sequence of shift control f7 using sendkey
> ("+^(F7)") but it appears to not be working correclty.  items such as
> sendky("+(F8)") works fine but not with the +^ sequence.  any thoughts?
> tnx,

Have you tried ^+ instead of +^?
Author
19 Oct 2005 3:40 AM
gkj_iii
thanks jeff, but I did try that also.  george


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"Jeff Johnson [MVP: VB]" wrote:

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> "gkj_iii" <gkj_***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:C00488FA-1601-4AD2-9E67-8F50CA0443D0@microsoft.com...
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> > in vb6 i'm sending a key sequence of shift control f7 using sendkey
> > ("+^(F7)") but it appears to not be working correclty.  items such as
> > sendky("+(F8)") works fine but not with the +^ sequence.  any thoughts?
> > tnx,
>
> Have you tried ^+ instead of +^?
>
>
>
Author
19 Oct 2005 2:06 PM
Jeff Johnson [MVP: VB]
"gkj_iii" <gkj***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> thanks jeff, but I did try that also.  george

Then you need to provide more detail about what you're doing and why it
"seems" not to work.