SendInput

Const VK_H = 72
Const VK_E = 69
Const VK_L = 76
Const VK_O = 79
Const KEYEVENTF_KEYUP = &H2
Const INPUT_MOUSE = 0
Const INPUT_KEYBOARD = 1
Const INPUT_HARDWARE = 2
Private Type MOUSEINPUT
dx As Long
dy As Long
mouseData As Long
dwFlags As Long
time As Long
dwExtraInfo As Long
End Type
Private Type KEYBDINPUT
wVk As Integer
wScan As Integer
dwFlags As Long
time As Long
dwExtraInfo As Long
End Type
Private Type HARDWAREINPUT
uMsg As Long
wParamL As Integer
wParamH As Integer
End Type
Private Type GENERALINPUT
dwType As Long
xi(0 To 23) As Byte
End Type
Private Declare Function SendInput Lib "user32.dll" (ByVal nInputs As Long, pInputs As GENERALINPUT, ByVal cbSize As Long) As Long
Private Declare Sub CopyMemory Lib "kernel32" Alias "RtlMoveMemory" (pDst As Any, pSrc As Any, ByVal ByteLen As Long)
Private Sub Form_KeyPress(KeyAscii As Integer)
    'Print the key on the form
    Me.Print Chr$(KeyAscii);
End Sub
Private Sub Form_Paint()
    'KPD-Team 2000
    'URL: http://www.allapi.net/
    'E-Mail: KPDTeam@Allapi.net
    'Clear the form
    Me.Cls
    'call the SendKey-function
    SendKey VK_H
    SendKey VK_E
    SendKey VK_L
    SendKey VK_L
    SendKey VK_O
End Sub
Private Sub SendKey(bKey As Byte)
    Dim GInput(0 To 1) As GENERALINPUT
    Dim KInput As KEYBDINPUT
    KInput.wVk = bKey 'the key we're going to press
    KInput.dwFlags = 0 'press the key
    'copy the structure into the input array's buffer.
    GInput(0).dwType = INPUT_KEYBOARD   ' keyboard input
    CopyMemory GInput(0).xi(0), KInput, Len(KInput)
    'do the same as above, but for releasing the key
    KInput.wVk = bKey ' the key we're going to realease
    KInput.dwFlags = KEYEVENTF_KEYUP ' release the key
    GInput(1).dwType = INPUT_KEYBOARD ' keyboard input
    CopyMemory GInput(1).xi(0), KInput, Len(KInput)
    'send the input now
    Call SendInput(2, GInput(0), Len(GInput(0)))
End Sub

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