How to Programmatically Press a Key

[Osman]

Hello,

I've searched the net but I couldn't find an answer.
I want to enable INSERT key by Access code.

I tried these but didn't work.

SendKeys {INSERT}
SendKeys {%INSERT}
SendKeys "{INSERT}"
SendKeys "{%INSERT}"

I want the cursor to be on the first character of the field when right arrow key is pressed. I can do this Tools-Options-Keyboard. But I want the first character highlighted as in the image.

Thank you for your help.

[ajetrumpet]

this really seems irrelevant. isn't there another way to do this without messing around with code?

[Osman]

this really seems irrelevant. isn't there another way to do this without messing around with code?

Yes, there is way... to press the INS key manually.

I think there must be a way to control the keyboard keys programmatically.

[ajetrumpet]

I'm sorry Osman,

my point was that you can eventually do anything if yout ry hard enough. But why do this? Unless you've got a lot of time on your hands, it's not worth it. At any rate, good luck with it!

[SteveH2508]

In the GotFocus event of your textbox (or possibly the Enter event)

YourControl.SelStart = 0
YourControl.SelLength = 1

[DaveT]

The technique from SteveH2508 works for me in either the On Got Focus or On Enter events.

For keystrokes, Shift+NumPad 0 toggles Insert equivalent to pressing the Insert key.

For Win API's, there are some that will toggle keys such as Caps Lock and even Insert. While I can get Caps Lock to toggle on entering a field, I couldn't duplicate what you are looking for.

But Steve's technique does work.