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c#winformssendkeyskeystrokenumpad
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Reputation: 113

How do you send NumPad keys using SendKeys?

I want to send the keystroke of NumPad keys (1-9).

I tried to use:

SendKeys.SendWait("{NUMPAD1}");

but it says

System.ArgumentException: The keyword NUMPAD1 is invalid (translated)

So i don't know the right keycode for the NumPad.

Upvotes: 4

Views: 9287

Answers (2)

Bloopy
Bloopy

Reputation: 429

Out of curiosity I looked at the source code for SendKeys. There's nothing explaining why the numpad codes were excluded. I wouldn't recommend this as a preferred option, but it's possible to add the missing codes to the class using reflection:

FieldInfo info = typeof(SendKeys).GetField("keywords",
    BindingFlags.Static | BindingFlags.NonPublic);
Array oldKeys = (Array)info.GetValue(null);
Type elementType = oldKeys.GetType().GetElementType();
Array newKeys = Array.CreateInstance(elementType, oldKeys.Length + 10);
Array.Copy(oldKeys, newKeys, oldKeys.Length);
for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
    var newItem = Activator.CreateInstance(elementType, "NUM" + i, (int)Keys.NumPad0 + i);
    newKeys.SetValue(newItem, oldKeys.Length + i);
}
info.SetValue(null, newKeys);

Now I can use eg. SendKeys.Send("{NUM3}"). It doesn't seem to work for sending alt codes however, so maybe that's why they left them out.

Upvotes: 4

John Smith
John Smith

Reputation: 7407

You should be able to pass in a number in the same manner as passing in a letter. For example:

SendKeys.SendWait("{A}");  //sends the letter 'A'
SendKeys.SendWait("{5}");  //sends the number '5'

Upvotes: 0

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