How to send CTRL+S to MS Word?

I am working on a program that auto saves a Microsoft Office document after specific time (loop).

On a click of a button it will activate timer and after a given time delay it should send CTRL+S to Word and save the document.

CTRL+S

Here is my code:

private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)

startTimer.Enabled = true;
stratTimer.Start();


private void startTimer_Tick(object sender, EventArgs e)

SendKeys.SendWait("^s");
MessageBox.Show("doc auto saved");



The problem is that SendKeys.Send("^s"); does not work.

SendKeys.Send("^s");

How can I accomplish that?

1 Answer
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SendKeys.SendWait sends keystrokes to the currently active window, so the keystrokes can be received by other window, like browser (if you are viewing this answer while the automation exe is running in the background). It is not a wise idea to send key strokes to arbitrary window.

SendKeys.SendWait

This can partially explain why your code does not work in some cases. And it has other issues.

Just as MickyD's comment, don't use this "SendKeys" solution for automation nowadays. For auto save, VSTO is the right way to go.

MickyD

See How to: Programmatically save documents.

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