>>>Does anybody know the correct syntax in VFP to declare and call
>>>the "keybd_event" API function?
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>>>I'm running an external application which when it runs presents the user with a Yes and No button, with the Yes button set as the default. I am trying to automate the execution of this external function as much as possible and want to programmatically press the Enter key to trigger the Yes button and conclude the process.
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>>I think you're going to need to use several API calls to do this, at a minimum, you'll need to know the hWnd of the messagebox so that you can call SetFocus() to point the keyboard focus to the target window, and then issue a keybd_event, since keybd_event doesn't set the context that the keystroke is processed in.
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>I have the hWnd of the called function because I'm running the function via
>CreateProcess(). The function has the keyboard focus just after I open it so I'm pretty sure my simulated keyboard event will hit it. I just need the syntax of the declare dll statement and the syntax to call the function.


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Bernard