SendKey won't type some of the characters

Question

I'm having bit of a issue with typing some of the special characters SendKey.Send("~!@#$%^&*()_+|").

When I try to type ~!@#$%^&*()_+|, only !@#$*_| is typed.

Is there way around this? Since I first collect string into ListBox, I could also replace these characters before actual typing. Just wondering if there's another way around this.

For the reference, this is how I end up doing this:

private string textToPseudo(string text)
{
    string temp = string.Empty;

    foreach (char c in text)
    {
        if (c == ' ')
            temp += " ";
        else
            temp += "{" + c + "}";
    }
    return temp;
}

Answer 1

Some characters have special significance for SendKeys. E.g. % is the Alt key, ^ is the Ctrl key, + is Shift key. You have to enclose within braces {} to use them