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MS Access Forum / New Users / June 2006Send Keys??
When should you send keys? Is there a better way; rather than using send keys? What are you trying to accomplish?  SignatureRick B > When should you send keys? Is there a better way; rather than using send > keys? I have aquired a database and the author of it apparently loved send keys. I'm trying to shrink the size of the database and make it a little more efficient > What are you trying to accomplish? > > > When should you send keys? Is there a better way; rather than using send > > keys? Please give us some specific items that the sendkeys accomplishes and we can tell you how to do that in code instead. The short answer to your question is that you should rarely (if ever) need to use sendkeys. There are other ways to do most things. I have used it before when I was hijacking another application, but that is the only time I've used it. SignatureRick B >I have aquired a database and the author of it apparently loved send keys. > I'm trying to shrink the size of the database and make it a little more [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >> > send >> > keys? As Rick implies, it all depends on what you're trying to do. I don't believe I've ever had a situation where I was tempted to use SendKeys, much less one where I had to. SignatureDoug Steele, Microsoft Access MVP http://I.Am/DougSteele (no e-mails, please!) > When should you send keys? Is there a better way; rather than using send keys? > As Rick implies, it all depends on what you're trying to do. > > I don't believe I've ever had a situation where I was tempted to use > SendKeys, much less one where I had to. One reason being that the keystroke is processed by the application with the focus, not necessarily Access. Keith. www.keithwilby.com >> As Rick implies, it all depends on what you're trying to do. >> [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > One reason being that the keystroke is processed by the application with > the focus, not necessarily Access. True, but I'd never try to do that, since it's so unreliable. (It's too easy for focus to change, so that Access isn't sending the key strokes to the correct application) SignatureDoug Steele, Microsoft Access MVP http://I.Am/DougSteele (no private e-mails, please) >>> As Rick implies, it all depends on what you're trying to do. >>> [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > easy for focus to change, so that Access isn't sending the key strokes to > the correct application) Sorry Doug, that was the point I was trying to make, I wasn't encouraging its use. Regards, Keith. |
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