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Using System.forms.sendkeys.send

Hi, I am trying to make a keyboard to be used with a touchscreen.
I tried set forcus on a textbox and use system.form.sendkeys.send("A") and it worked. According to the .NET Framework reference it says...if to enter special characters dont not show i will have to use the codes.
For e.g. {BACKSPACE} will do the backspace keystroke.

However i am not sure how to use the code. I tried doing it ...... system.form.sendkeys.send("{BACKSPACE}") but it won't work... any ideas how can i get it to work with set forcus on a textbox?

thanks alot
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Hello jaxrpc,
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>> with set focus on a textbox
worked for me like

    TextBox1.Focus()
    System.Windows.Forms.SendKeys.Send("{BACKSPACE}")

that was on a buttonclick did you use an other event?

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Hi thanks for replying.... what about capslock..... i tried system.windows.forms.sendkeys.send("{CAPSLOCK}") and after that system.windows.forms.sendkeys.send("A") it doesn't change "A" to "a" or it doesnt work this way?
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