SendKeys() permission denied error in Visual Basic

Question

I am trying to use the SendKeys() command to another window with my VB6 app.

What I wanted is to click a button, and then have 10 seconds to go to the o

Answer 1

Use this API:

Public Declare Sub keybd_event Lib "user32" (ByVal bVk As Byte, ByVal bScan As Byte, ByVal dwFlags As Long, ByVal dwExtraInfo As Long)

and

keybd_event keycode, 0, 0, 0  'KEY DOWN
keybd_event keycode, 0, KEYEVENTF_KEYUP, 0 'KEY UP

when key code is 32 for space, 35 for keyend, 8 for vbKeyBack, etc.