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Click here to copy the following block Private Declare Function OemKeyScan Lib "user32" (ByVal wOemChar As Integer) As _   Long Private Declare Function CharToOem Lib "user32" Alias "CharToOemA" (ByVal _   lpszSrc As String, ByVal lpszDst As String) As Long Private Declare Function VkKeyScan Lib "user32" Alias "VkKeyScanA" (ByVal cChar _   As Byte) As Integer Private Declare Function MapVirtualKey Lib "user32" Alias "MapVirtualKeyA" _   (ByVal wCode As Long, ByVal wMapType As Long) As Long Private Declare Sub keybd_event Lib "user32" (ByVal bVk As Byte, _   ByVal bScan As Byte, ByVal dwFlags As Long, ByVal dwExtraInfo As Long) Private Const KEYEVENTF_KEYDOWN   As Long = &H0 Private Const KEYEVENTF_KEYUP    As Long = &H2 Type VKType   VKCode As Integer   scanCode As Integer   Control As Boolean   Shift As Boolean   Alt As Boolean End Type '--------------------------------------------------------------------- ' Routine: VbSendKeys() ' ' Author: Bryan Wolf, 1999 ' ' Purpose: Imitate VB's internal SendKeys statement, but add the '     ability to send keypresses to a DOS application. You '     can use SendKeys, to paste ASCII characters to a DOS '     window from the clipboard, but you can't send function '     keys. This module solves that problem and makes sending '     any keys to any Application, DOS or Windows, easy. ' ' Arguments: Keystrokes. Note that this does not implement the '      SendKeys's 'wait' argument. If you need to wait, '      try using a timing loop. ' '      The syntax for specifying keystrokes is the '      same as that of SendKeys - Please refer to VB's '      documentation for an in-depth description. Support '      for the following codes has been added, in addition '      to the standard set of codes suppored by SendKeys: ' '      KEY         CODE '      break        {CANCEL} '      escape        {ESCAPE} '      left mouse button  {LBUTTON} '      right mouse button  {RBUTTON} '      middle mouse button {MBUTTON} '      clear        {CLEAR} '      shift        {SHIFT} '      control       {CONTROL} '      alt         {MENU} or {ALT} '      pause        {PAUSE} '      space        {SPACE} '      select        {SELECT} '      execute       {EXECUTE} '      snapshot       {SNAPSHOT} '      number pad 0     {NUMPAD0} '      number pad 1     {NUMPAD1} '      number pad 2     {NUMPAD2} '      number pad 3     {NUMPAD3} '      number pad 4     {NUMPAD4} '      number pad 5     {NUMPAD5} '      number pad 6     {NUMPAD6} '      number pad 7     {NUMPAD7} '      number pad 8     {NUMPAD8} '      number pad 9     {NUMPAD9} '      number pad multiply {MULTIPLY} '      number pad add    {ADD} '      number pad separator {SEPARATOR} '      number pad subtract {SUBTRACT} '      number pad decimal  {DECIMAL} '      number pad divide  {DIVIDE} ' ' Sample Calls: '  VbSendKeys "Dir~"  ' View a directory of in DOS ' ' NOTE: there is a minor difference with SendKeys syntax. You can '    group multiple characters under the same shift key using '    curly brackets, while VB's SendKeys uses regular brackets. '    For example, to keep the SHIFT key pressed while you type '    A, B, and C keys, you must run the following statement '      VBSendKeys "+{abc}" '    while the syntax of the built-in VB function is '      SendKeys "+(abc)" '--------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub VbSendKeys(ByVal sKeystrokes As String)   Dim iKeyStrokesLen As Integer   Dim lRepetitions As Long   Dim bShiftKey As Boolean   Dim bControlKey As Boolean   Dim bAltKey As Boolean   Dim lResult As Long   Dim sKey As String   Dim iAsciiKey As Integer   Dim iVirtualKey As Integer   Dim i As Long   Dim j As Long     Static bInitialized As Boolean   Static AsciiKeys(0 To 255) As VKType   Static VirtualKeys(0 To 255) As VKType     On Error GoTo 0   If Not bInitialized Then     Dim iKey As Integer     Dim OEMChar As String     Dim keyScan As Integer          ' Initialize AsciiKeys()     For iKey = LBound(AsciiKeys) To UBound(AsciiKeys)       keyScan = VkKeyScan(iKey)       AsciiKeys(iKey).VKCode = keyScan And &HFF  ' low-byte of key scan                             ' code       AsciiKeys(iKey).Shift = (keyScan And &H100)       AsciiKeys(iKey).Control = (keyScan And &H200)       AsciiKeys(iKey).Alt = (keyScan And &H400)       ' Get the ScanCode       OEMChar = " " ' 2 Char       CharToOem Chr(iKey), OEMChar       AsciiKeys(iKey).scanCode = OemKeyScan(Asc(OEMChar)) And &HFF     Next iKey          ' Initialize VirtualKeys()     For iKey = LBound(VirtualKeys) To UBound(VirtualKeys)       VirtualKeys(iKey).VKCode = iKey       VirtualKeys(iKey).scanCode = MapVirtualKey(iKey, 0)       ' no use in initializing remaining elements     Next iKey     bInitialized = True   ' don't run this code twice   End If  ' End of initialization routine     ' Parse the string in the same way that SendKeys() would   Do While Len(sKeystrokes)     lRepetitions = 1 ' Default number of repetitions for each character     bShiftKey = False     bControlKey = False     bAltKey = False          ' Pull off Control, Alt or Shift specifiers     sKey = Left$(sKeystrokes, 1)     sKeystrokes = Mid$(sKeystrokes, 2)          Do While InStr(" ^%+", sKey) > 1 ' The space in " ^%+" is necessary       If sKey = "+" Then         bShiftKey = True       ElseIf sKey = "^" Then         bControlKey = True       ElseIf sKey = "%" Then         bAltKey = True       End If       sKey = Left$(sKeystrokes, 1)       sKeystrokes = Mid$(sKeystrokes, 2)     Loop          ' Look for "{}"     If sKey = "{" Then       ' Look for the "}"       i = InStr(sKeystrokes, "}")       If i > 0 Then         sKey = Left$(sKeystrokes, i - 1) ' extract the content between                          ' the {}         sKeystrokes = Mid$(sKeystrokes, i + 1) ' Remove the }       End If            ' Look for repetitions       i = Len(sKey)       Do While Mid$(sKey, i, 1) >= "0" And Mid$(sKey, i, _         1) <= "9" And i >= 3         i = i - 1       Loop            If i < Len(sKey) Then ' If any digits were found...         If i >= 2 Then ' If there is something preceding it...           If Mid$(sKey, i, 1) = " " Then ' If a space precedes the                           ' digits...             On Error Resume Next ' On overflow, ignore the value             lRepetitions = CLng(Mid$(sKey, i + 1))             On Error GoTo 0             sKey = Left$(sKey, i - 1)           End If         End If       End If     End If          ' Look for special words     Select Case UCase$(sKey)       Case "LBUTTON" ' New         iVirtualKey = vbKeyLButton       Case "RBUTTON" ' New         iVirtualKey = vbKeyRButton       Case "BREAK", "CANCEL"         iVirtualKey = vbKeyCancel       Case "MBUTTON" ' New         iVirtualKey = vbKeyMButton       Case "BACKSPACE", "BS", "BKSP"         iVirtualKey = vbKeyBack       Case "TAB"         iVirtualKey = vbKeyTab       Case "CLEAR" ' New         iVirtualKey = vbKeyClear       Case "ENTER", "~"         iVirtualKey = vbKeyReturn       Case "SHIFT" ' New         iVirtualKey = vbKeyShift       Case "CONTROL" ' New         iVirtualKey = vbKeyControl       Case "MENU", "ALT" ' New         iVirtualKey = vbKeyMenu       Case "PAUSE" ' New         iVirtualKey = vbKeyPause       Case "CAPSLOCK"         iVirtualKey = vbKeyCapital       Case "ESCAPE", "ESC"         iVirtualKey = vbKeyEscape       Case "SPACE" ' New         iVirtualKey = vbKeySpace       Case "PGUP"         iVirtualKey = vbKeyPageUp       Case "PGDN"         iVirtualKey = vbKeyPageDown       Case "END"         iVirtualKey = vbKeyEnd       Case "HOME" ' New         iVirtualKey = vbKeyHome       Case "LEFT"         iVirtualKey = vbKeyLeft       Case "UP"         iVirtualKey = vbKeyUp       Case "RIGHT"         iVirtualKey = vbKeyRight       Case "DOWN"         iVirtualKey = vbKeyDown       Case "SELECT" ' New         iVirtualKey = vbKeySelect       Case "PRTSC"         iVirtualKey = vbKeyPrint       Case "EXECUTE" ' New         iVirtualKey = vbKeyExecute       Case "SNAPSHOT" ' New         iVirtualKey = vbKeySnapshot       Case "INSERT", "INS"         iVirtualKey = vbKeyInsert       Case "DELETE", "DEL"         iVirtualKey = vbKeyDelete       Case "HELP"         iVirtualKey = vbKeyHelp       Case "NUMLOCK"         iVirtualKey = vbKeyNumlock       Case "SCROLLLOCK"         iVirtualKey = vbKeyScrollLock       Case "NUMPAD0" ' New         iVirtualKey = vbKeyNumpad0       Case "NUMPAD1" ' New         iVirtualKey = vbKeyNumpad1       Case "NUMPAD2" ' New         iVirtualKey = vbKeyNumpad2       Case "NUMPAD3" ' New         iVirtualKey = vbKeyNumpad3       Case "NUMPAD4" ' New         iVirtualKey = vbKeyNumpad4       Case "NUMPAD5" ' New         iVirtualKey = vbKeyNumpad5       Case "NUMPAD6" ' New         iVirtualKey = vbKeyNumpad6       Case "NUMPAD7" ' New         iVirtualKey = vbKeyNumpad7       Case "NUMPAD8" ' New         iVirtualKey = vbKeyNumpad8       Case "NUMPAD9" ' New         iVirtualKey = vbKeyNumpad9       Case "MULTIPLY" ' New         iVirtualKey = vbKeyMultiply       Case "ADD" ' New         iVirtualKey = vbKeyAdd       Case "SEPARATOR" ' New         iVirtualKey = vbKeySeparator       Case "SUBTRACT" ' New         iVirtualKey = vbKeySubtract       Case "DECIMAL" ' New         iVirtualKey = vbKeyDecimal       Case "DIVIDE" ' New         iVirtualKey = vbKeyDivide       Case "F1"         iVirtualKey = vbKeyF1       Case "F2"         iVirtualKey = vbKeyF2       Case "F3"         iVirtualKey = vbKeyF3       Case "F4"         iVirtualKey = vbKeyF4       Case "F5"         iVirtualKey = vbKeyF5       Case "F6"         iVirtualKey = vbKeyF6       Case "F7"         iVirtualKey = vbKeyF7       Case "F8"         iVirtualKey = vbKeyF8       Case "F9"         iVirtualKey = vbKeyF9       Case "F10"         iVirtualKey = vbKeyF10       Case "F11"         iVirtualKey = vbKeyF11       Case "F12"         iVirtualKey = vbKeyF12       Case "F13"         iVirtualKey = vbKeyF13       Case "F14"         iVirtualKey = vbKeyF14       Case "F15"         iVirtualKey = vbKeyF15       Case "F16"         iVirtualKey = vbKeyF16       Case Else         ' Not a virtual key         iVirtualKey = -1     End Select          ' Turn on CONTROL, ALT and SHIFT keys as needed     If bShiftKey Then       keybd_event VirtualKeys(vbKeyShift).VKCode, _         VirtualKeys(vbKeyShift).scanCode, KEYEVENTF_KEYDOWN, 0     End If          If bControlKey Then       keybd_event VirtualKeys(vbKeyControl).VKCode, _         VirtualKeys(vbKeyControl).scanCode, KEYEVENTF_KEYDOWN, 0     End If          If bAltKey Then       keybd_event VirtualKeys(vbKeyMenu).VKCode, _         VirtualKeys(vbKeyMenu).scanCode, KEYEVENTF_KEYDOWN, 0     End If          ' Send the keystrokes     For i = 1 To lRepetitions       If iVirtualKey > -1 Then         ' Virtual key         keybd_event VirtualKeys(iVirtualKey).VKCode, _           VirtualKeys(iVirtualKey).scanCode, KEYEVENTF_KEYDOWN, 0         keybd_event VirtualKeys(iVirtualKey).VKCode, _           VirtualKeys(iVirtualKey).scanCode, KEYEVENTF_KEYUP, 0       Else         ' ASCII Keys         For j = 1 To Len(sKey)           iAsciiKey = Asc(Mid$(sKey, j, 1))           ' Turn on CONTROL, ALT and SHIFT keys as needed           If Not bShiftKey Then             If AsciiKeys(iAsciiKey).Shift Then               keybd_event VirtualKeys(vbKeyShift).VKCode, _                 VirtualKeys(vbKeyShift).scanCode, _                 KEYEVENTF_KEYDOWN, 0             End If           End If                If Not bControlKey Then             If AsciiKeys(iAsciiKey).Control Then               keybd_event VirtualKeys(vbKeyControl).VKCode, _                 VirtualKeys(vbKeyControl).scanCode, _                 KEYEVENTF_KEYDOWN, 0             End If           End If                If Not bAltKey Then             If AsciiKeys(iAsciiKey).Alt Then               keybd_event VirtualKeys(vbKeyMenu).VKCode, _                 VirtualKeys(vbKeyMenu).scanCode, _                 KEYEVENTF_KEYDOWN, 0             End If           End If                ' Press the key           keybd_event AsciiKeys(iAsciiKey).VKCode, _             AsciiKeys(iAsciiKey).scanCode, KEYEVENTF_KEYDOWN, 0           keybd_event AsciiKeys(iAsciiKey).VKCode, _             AsciiKeys(iAsciiKey).scanCode, KEYEVENTF_KEYUP, 0                ' Turn on CONTROL, ALT and SHIFT keys as needed           If Not bShiftKey Then             If AsciiKeys(iAsciiKey).Shift Then               keybd_event VirtualKeys(vbKeyShift).VKCode, _                 VirtualKeys(vbKeyShift).scanCode, _                 KEYEVENTF_KEYUP, 0             End If           End If                If Not bControlKey Then             If AsciiKeys(iAsciiKey).Control Then               keybd_event VirtualKeys(vbKeyControl).VKCode, _                 VirtualKeys(vbKeyControl).scanCode, _                 KEYEVENTF_KEYUP, 0             End If           End If                If Not bAltKey Then             If AsciiKeys(iAsciiKey).Alt Then               keybd_event VirtualKeys(vbKeyMenu).VKCode, _                 VirtualKeys(vbKeyMenu).scanCode, _                 KEYEVENTF_KEYUP, 0             End If           End If         Next j ' Each ASCII key       End If ' ASCII keys     Next i ' Repetitions          ' Turn off CONTROL, ALT and SHIFT keys as needed     If bShiftKey Then       keybd_event VirtualKeys(vbKeyShift).VKCode, _         VirtualKeys(vbKeyShift).scanCode, KEYEVENTF_KEYUP, 0     End If          If bControlKey Then       keybd_event VirtualKeys(vbKeyControl).VKCode, _         VirtualKeys(vbKeyControl).scanCode, KEYEVENTF_KEYUP, 0     End If          If bAltKey Then       keybd_event VirtualKeys(vbKeyMenu).VKCode, _         VirtualKeys(vbKeyMenu).scanCode, KEYEVENTF_KEYUP, 0     End If        Loop ' sKeyStrokes End Sub

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