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Send keys in excel, Curly brackets key is registered as text and not as parto of an expression, eg. {Enter}

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Sending this to excel, the problem is that Alt works but after that the Curly brackets "{}" keys are counted as text, so excel makes a sound as if I pressed an "illegal" character.

 

Used a keylogger and ran the macro and the keypresses came out as: 

VK codesPositionKey
A4downLEFT ALT
A4upLEFT ALT
A0downshift
DBdown{
DBup{
A0upshift
58downX
58upX
A0downshift
DDdown}
DDup}
A0upshift
58downX
58upX
A0downshift
DDdown}
DDup}
A0upshift
A0downshift
DBdown{
DBup{
A0upshift
32down2
32up2
A0downshift
DDdown}
DDup}
A0upshift
32down2
32up2
A0downshift
DDdown}
DDup}
A0upshift
0DdownEnter
0DupEnter
09downTab
09upTab
0DdownEnter
0DupEnter
0DdownEnter
0DupEnter

 

So im totally lost... 

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  • VJR Profile Picture
    7,635 on at

    I do not see any key as x when pressed even manually in Excel and it gives a sound of an illegal character.

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    So what is the x after the Alt in your message?

    And which menu are you trying to activate?

     

  • jb0100 Profile Picture
    15 on at

    Hello

     

    Its de add-ins menu.

     

    I figured it out, {Alt}x2{enter}..... worked.

     

    Thanks!!

     

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    VJR Profile Picture
    7,635 on at

    Great! you can close the thread if its resolved now.

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