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    Clear the immediate window in VBA

    I ran across several sites that propose this solution (mostly for Excel) to clear the immediate window:

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    Application.SendKeys "^g ^a {DEL}"
    However, when I try to compile the line I get: Method or data member not found.

    Why doesn't this work, and how?

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    I never use send keys so couldn't tell ya.

    Since the immediate window is limited to a couple hundred lines

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        Dim i As Integer
        For i = 0 To 200
            Debug.Print ""
        Next i
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    Quote Originally Posted by moke123 View Post
    I never use send keys so couldn't tell ya.

    Since the immediate window is limited to a couple hundred lines

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        Dim i As Integer
        For i = 0 To 200
            Debug.Print ""
        Next i
    I'll have to try that again, if I recall correctly, it left the cursor way down there, so then we need a trick to get it back to the top.

    There have been other situations where I wanted to use .SendKeys, so I would like to know how to get it to work in Access.

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    If someone else is in the same boat someday, this video might help:
    https://youtu.be/qc-7uYr7kHE

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    If you have MZ-tools there is a command button for that.
    Very useful.
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    Personally, I avoid any solution based on SendKeys as these are notoriously unreliable, particularly after version changes.

    As well as the excellent MZ Tools, there is also a free utility IDBE Tools 2010 which includes a feature to clear the Immediate window: https://www.avenius.de/en/
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    Quote Originally Posted by isladogs View Post
    Personally, I avoid any solution based on SendKeys as these are notoriously unreliable, particularly after version changes.

    As well as the excellent MZ Tools, there is also a free utility IDBE Tools 2010 which includes a feature to clear the Immediate window: https://www.avenius.de/en/
    Colin,
    I just downloaded the 32bit version and tried to run it and AVG reported as below?
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    While poking around to see if there is a way to do it with VBA extensibility, I noted a post from Chip Pearson basically saying he has tried everything and using send keys is the only way.
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    Hi Paul
    I've used IDBE Tools 2010 for about 10 years. Its perfectly safe. The author Gunter Avenius is totally trustworthy and has several useful tools on his website.
    However, I just re-downloaded and installed the 64-bit version on my tablet and noticed it got smart screen warnings using MS Edge browser.
    For more info, see my article Smart Screen Warnings (isladogs.co.uk)
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    @moke123
    The VBIDE library does include this item vbext_wt_Immediate.
    However I haven't tried to use it as I already have 2 tools to do the job
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    Quote Originally Posted by isladogs View Post
    Hi Paul
    I've used IDBE Tools 2010 for about 10 years. Its perfectly safe. The author Gunter Avenius is totally trustworthy and has several useful tools on his website.
    However, I just re-downloaded and installed the 64-bit version on my tablet and noticed it got smart screen warnings using MS Edge browser.
    For more info, see my article Smart Screen Warnings (isladogs.co.uk)
    I would expect that if you recommended that program, however.... I extracted the 32bit version and submitted it to Jotti.
    One AV found something?
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    Never heard of Jotti but it looks useful

    Hopefully a false flag or it would be picked up by most/all AV programs.
    Its happened to my own software as well but was quickly resolved.

    Would you mind sending these screenshots to Gunter Avenius so he can follow up
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    Quote Originally Posted by isladogs View Post
    Never heard of Jotti but it looks useful

    Hopefully a false flag or it would be picked up by most/all AV programs.
    Its happened to my own software as well but was quickly resolved.

    Would you mind sending these screenshots to Gunter Avenius so he can follow up
    Do you have his email address that you can PM me.

    Edit: I have used the mailform and inserted links to my two posts with pictures. I also mentioned that you had asked me to alert him to this.

    Definitely something amiss, as I just used Virustotal as well and it reports from 3 AV programs? One of them is the same Avast from Jotti, plus my AV program AVG.
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    I do have his email but see whether he responds to the contact already made.
    AFAIK the utility is identical to that I have used for years. No idea what is flagging these warnings
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    NOTE: SendKeys is not part of the Application object in Access. It belongs to VBA.Interaction

    So, if you really MUST use SendKeys then this works in Access

    Code:
    VBA.Interaction.SendKeys "^g ^a {DEL}"
    or just use
    Code:
    SendKeys "^g ^a {DEL}"
    However, here is a VBA solution by @ProfoundlyOblivious which I found at excel - Use VBA to Clear Immediate Window? - Stack Overflow
    SendKeys NOT used

    Code:
    Option Compare Database
    Option Explicit
    
    
    Private Declare PtrSafe Function FindWindowA Lib "user32" (ByVal lpClassName As String, ByVal lpWindowName As String) As LongPtr
    Private Declare PtrSafe Function FindWindowExA Lib "user32" (ByVal hWnd1 As LongPtr, ByVal hWnd2 As LongPtr, ByVal lpsz1 As String, ByVal lpsz2 As String) As LongPtr
    Private Declare PtrSafe Function PostMessageA Lib "user32" (ByVal hwnd As LongPtr, ByVal wMsg As Long, ByVal wParam As LongPtr, ByVal lParam As LongPtr) As Long
    Private Declare PtrSafe Sub keybd_event Lib "user32" (ByVal bVk As Byte, ByVal bScan As Byte, ByVal dwFlags As Long, ByVal dwExtraInfo As LongPtr)
    
    
    Private Const WM_ACTIVATE As Long = &H6
    Private Const KEYEVENTF_KEYUP = &H2
    Private Const VK_CONTROL = &H11
    
    
    Public Sub ClearImmediateWindow()
        Dim hwndVBE As LongPtr
        Dim hwndImmediate As LongPtr
        
        hwndVBE = FindWindowA("wndclass_desked_gsk", vbNullString)
        hwndImmediate = FindWindowExA(hwndVBE, ByVal 0&, "VbaWindow", "Immediate") ' English caption
        If hwndImmediate = 0 Then hwndImmediate = FindWindowExA(hwndVBE, ByVal 0&, "VbaWindow", "Direct") ' Dutch caption
        PostMessageA hwndImmediate, WM_ACTIVATE, 1, 0&
        
        keybd_event VK_CONTROL, 0, 0, 0
        keybd_event vbKeyA, 0, 0, 0
        keybd_event vbKeyA, 0, KEYEVENTF_KEYUP, 0
        keybd_event VK_CONTROL, 0, KEYEVENTF_KEYUP, 0
       
        keybd_event vbKeyDelete, 0, 0, 0
        keybd_event vbKeyDelete, 0, KEYEVENTF_KEYUP, 0
    End Sub
    The cursor is at the top after this is run

    NOTE: for A2007 or earlier, replace LongPtr with Long and remove PtrSafe
    Last edited by isladogs; 01-30-2023 at 02:21 AM.
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