I've placed the MS Common Dialog Control on a form so that I can manipulate some printer properties. I'm finding that sending keystrokes via the KEYBOARD command does not give the same result as manually keyboarding the entries. For example

MsComDiagCtl.ShowPrinter() followed by manually pressing ALT-P brings up the properties screen. However

KEYBOARD "{ALT+P}"
MsComDiagCtl.ShowPrinter()

has no effect. Neither "{ALT-P}" nor "{ALT P}" work. However

KEYBOARD "{TAB}{ENTER}"
MsComDiagCtl.ShowPrinter()

does work. In the same way, once I get to the properties screen I can tab (3 tabs) into the checkbox field I want and press SpaceBar to toggle it. But.....

KEYBOARD "{TAB}{TAB}{TAB}{SPACEBAR}"
msComDiagCtl.ShowPrinter()

shows the correct checkbox having focus, but the toggle not having been done.

I've been able to replicate this on another workstation.

Have I missed something in the way I'm assuming KEYBOARD to work? Has anyone else come across this?

Thanks to all..........Rich