I have a program that uses the Ctrl+ Shift+ system hotkeys a key of the user choiceto paste text into the clipboard by sending a Ctrl+ combination Vusing SendInput as used. This works great in most programs. But in Outlook, in the To field of the new email, each key that I am trying to complete opens the Move Item to Folder dialog box, which should be a combination of the Ctrl+ Shift+ keys V. Nothing happens in the Body field. Any ideas what is going on here? See the code to play below:
procedure TForm1.FormCreate(Sender: TObject);
begin
If not RegisterHotkey( Handle, 1, MOD_SHIFT or MOD_CONTROL, Ord('P') ) Then
ShowMessage('Error');
end;
Procedure TForm1.WMHotkey( Var msg: TWMHotkey );
var
KeyInputs: array of TInput;
procedure KeybdInput(VKey: Byte; Flags: DWORD);
begin
SetLength(KeyInputs, Length(KeyInputs)+1);
KeyInputs[high(KeyInputs)].Itype := INPUT_KEYBOARD;
with KeyInputs[high(KeyInputs)].ki do
begin
wVk := VKey;
wScan := MapVirtualKey(wVk, 0);
dwFlags := Flags;
end;
end;
Begin
If (msg.HotKey > 0) And (msg.HotKey < 2) Then
Begin
Clipboard.AsText:= 'Some text';
KeybdInput(VK_CONTROL, 0); // Ctrl
KeybdInput(Ord('V'), 0);
KeybdInput(Ord('V'), KEYEVENTF_KEYUP);
KeybdInput(VK_CONTROL, KEYEVENTF_KEYUP); // Ctrl
SendInput(Length(KeyInputs), KeyInputs[0], SizeOf(KeyInputs[0]));
end
End;