Why not .SendKeys ?

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Why not .SendKeys ?

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Why do most VBScript writers HATE to use SendKeys ?

I use it a lot and I have never had trouble with it.

What I hear most is that it does not work often enough and it bugs out a lot.

I am not sure what "bugs out a lot" means or in what instance it is that it does not work.

Can somebody who has had a lot of experience with this please fill me in?

FYI, I do not use this for pushing server side installs and understand the issues with that.
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Why not .SendKeys ?

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Re: Why not .SendKeys ?

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SendKeys is not usable in a commercial way because other programs very often interfere with it. There is no way to prevent this. If you are lucky it will work. SendKeys is not supported by Microsoft anymore (deprecated). It was carried over from Windows 98 for compatibility reasons.

The internal SendKeys used in a form to send keys to the form is usable but that is not the same SendKeys.

The issue with SendKeys is that it targets the active window. The active window can change in an instant and the keystroke will end up in the wrong application which could be disastrous.
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