Sending an "(" with sendkeys

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I have a procedure that needs to put characters into the current insertion
point of a textbox. This insertion point is not necessarily the end of the
current string so textbox1.text &= "?" won't do.

I have found that using sendkeys does the trick:

Private Sub UserControl11_buttonpress(ByVal text As String) Handles
UserControl11.buttonpress
System.Windows.Forms.SendKeys.Send(text)
End Sub

However if the parameter "text" happens to be "(" or ")", I get the
following error:

An unhandled exception of type 'System.ArgumentException' occurred in
system.windows.forms.dll
Additional information: Group are delimiters not balanced.

It looks like sendkeys is evaluating (text) rather that simply mimicking a
"(" key press.

There does not appear to be a special sendkeys code for parenthesis and
chr(40 or 41) doesn't work.

How do I handle this special case?
 
<mdsn>
The plus sign (+), caret (^), percent sign (%), tilde (~), and parentheses
() have special meanings to SendKeys. To specify one of these characters,
enclose it within braces ({}). For example, to specify the plus sign, use
"{+}". To specify brace characters, use "{{}" and "{}}". Brackets ([ ]) have
no special meaning to SendKeys, but you must enclose them in braces.
</msdn>

I have a procedure that needs to put characters into the current insertion
point of a textbox. This insertion point is not necessarily the end of the
current string so textbox1.text &= "?" won't do.

I have found that using sendkeys does the trick:

Private Sub UserControl11_buttonpress(ByVal text As String) Handles
UserControl11.buttonpress
System.Windows.Forms.SendKeys.Send(text)
End Sub

However if the parameter "text" happens to be "(" or ")", I get the
following error:

An unhandled exception of type 'System.ArgumentException' occurred in
system.windows.forms.dll
Additional information: Group are delimiters not balanced.

It looks like sendkeys is evaluating (text) rather that simply mimicking a
"(" key press.

There does not appear to be a special sendkeys code for parenthesis and
chr(40 or 41) doesn't work.

How do I handle this special case?
 
Shiva,

Thank you, you are a wizard.

I have an extensive library of vb.net references, but they don't include
this important level of detail. Can you recommend a reference that does cover
this type of information?
 
Mark,

MSDN (online or the locally installable library) is the ultimate resource
for this type of documentation details. In fact, .NET SDK and Visual Studio
..NET themselves come with full .NET class library documentation.

Hope that helps.


Shiva,

Thank you, you are a wizard.

I have an extensive library of vb.net references, but they don't include
this important level of detail. Can you recommend a reference that does
cover
this type of information?
 
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