Runapp with Sendkeys

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Tony Adler - 25 May 2006 21:17 GMT

I'm trying to use the Runapp action in a macro and then send keystroke
commands to the other app. The help for the Runapp action says that I should
be able to do this, but when I put a Sendkeys action after the Runapp action,
the keystrokes are sent in Access and not the other app that I just opened.
What am I doing wrong?

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Rob - 25 May 2006 21:27 GMT

is the other app a microsoft program? sometimes if it is not a microsoft
program, then it won't be compatible.

> I'm trying to use the Runapp action in a macro and then send keystroke
> commands to the other app. The help for the Runapp action says that I should
> be able to do this, but when I put a Sendkeys action after the Runapp action,
> the keystrokes are sent in Access and not the other app that I just opened.
> What am I doing wrong?

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Tony Adler - 25 May 2006 21:33 GMT

No, it's not. It's a Window program called Starship from a company called V
Technologies. It's a shipping manifest program. It has an import feature. I
create the text file for import in Access. I'm trying to automate things more
by opening the app and the running the import.

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> is the other app a microsoft program? sometimes if it is not a microsoft
> program, then it won't be compatible.
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> > the keystrokes are sent in Access and not the other app that I just opened.
> > What am I doing wrong?

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