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What does SendKeys "%{A}" mean?

I'm maintaining an old MS Access application, and I came across this use of SendKeys. 

 SendKeys "%{A}"

I've seen SendKeys to create key presses for "{ESC}", and various letters of the alphabet in the program. Is this "%{A}" doing some character conversion or hex number representation? Unfortunately, the behaviour in the application when it runs is not making the function clear.

Solution

  • It seems to mean "Alt-A".

    See How to send "{" or "}" signs through send keys method in vb 2010 for possible duplicate.

    Also see Microsoft article for more information.