Why sendkeys unreliable

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Does ES6 make JavaScript frameworks obsolete? Featured on Meta. Now live: A fully responsive profile. Hi, sendkeys is notoriously unreliable anway. It sends keystrokes to the active window. And when you are in the VBA editor, the keystrokes are sent to the editor window, as this is the active window.

You can try an AppActivate statement just before the SendKeys, e. But this is still not reliable in a multitasking environment since other apps may steal focus even after the AppActivate and then the SendKeys goes to the wrong app the one with focus at the time the statement is called.

I have big headaches with my email notifications coming up and stealing focus, so I have learned to avoid SendKeys. Please note if you were not aware that your code could all be done with no SendKeys: ActiveCell.

Cells 0,1 ,. Cells 0,1. End xlUp. It won't be a problem with the code not doing things the sam. Post reply. Ask a Question Want to reply to this thread or ask your own question? Ask a Question. SendKeys with enter. May 12, Oct 7, Multiple Sendkeys not working Jun 7, Please help correct this macro!

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Thread starter juweh Start date Aug 2, Joined Nov 1, Messages Hi, I am currently working on a file that will call a desktop application that requires a username and password. I can create a macro to do it by using sendkeys however my problem right now is I want to reference the username and password on cells A1 and A2 respectively.

Is "Sendkeys" the right approach for this? VBA newbie here. Excel Facts. Click here to reveal answer. Pressing F4 adds dollar signs when editing a formula.

When not editing, F4 repeats last command. Joined Oct 15, Messages 7, You can try SendKeys, but it is unreliable.