SendKeys on a locked workstation

[Jonathan]

Hello all,

I developed a short VB6 program meant to run unattended. It has no forms.
The program calls the Shell function to launch MS-Access and does a series
of SendKeys to perform various functions. The program works as expected when
I run it from the IDE or invoke it from the command prompt.



What I want is to run at as a scheduled job when the workstation is locked.
That doesn't work. It brings up the Access database (I see the open DB there
when I unlock the workstation sometime later) but it appears that the
SendKeys didn't function.



Is there a way around this problem? I'm running on WinXP Pro.



Any help appreciated.



Jonathan

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Hello all,

I developed a short VB6 program meant to run unattended. It has no forms.
The program calls the Shell function to launch MS-Access and does a series
of SendKeys to perform various functions. The program works as expected when
I run it from the IDE or invoke it from the command prompt.



What I want is to run at as a scheduled job when the workstation is locked.
That doesn't work. It brings up the Access database (I see the open DB there
when I unlock the workstation sometime later) but it appears that the
SendKeys didn't function.



Is there a way around this problem? I'm running on WinXP Pro.



Any help appreciated.



Jonathan

What is the exact command you're scheduling?

 

[Jonathan]

I want to run the finished program as a scheduled task. The program will
start, the Shell function will execute starting up Access but the SendKeys
functions don't work if the workstation is locked.

Jonathan