Q. How do I send keystrokes to Windows?   I have a basic familiarity with sendkeys, but I can`t figure out how to send a CTRL+ALT+anyothercharacter to Windows with VB3. If this can be done, how?   A. You can send CTRL + ALT +, say, X with:   Sendkeys "^%X"   The hard part is making sure whatever part of Windows you want to contact is active. To do that, you will need the Shell function, the AppActivate statement or both. The following comes directly from the on-line help in VB4: ------------------ This example uses the Shell function to run the Calculator application included with Microsoft Windows; it then uses the SendKeys statement to send keystrokes to add some numbers and then quit the Calculator.   To see the example, paste it into a procedure, then run the procedure. Because AppActivate changes the focus to the Calculator application, you can`t single step through the code. eturnValue = Shell("Calc.exe", 1)' Run Calculator. AppActivate ReturnValue' Activate the Calculator. For I = 1 To 100' Set up counting loop. SendKeys I & "{+}", True ' Send keystrokes to Calculator Next I' to add each value of I. endKeys "=", True' Get grand total. SendKeys "%{F4}", True ' Send ALT+F4 to close Calculator. ----------- The above code should work in VB3 and above.   (16-Aug-98 Bob Walsh rlwalsh@capecod.net) Downloads In IE right-click and select 'Save Target As...' or in Netscape right-click and select 'Save Link As...'    View Plain Text  Not Available  Not Available