Gary, possibly as the OP has posted here if he is using Excel VBA

GeeBee, I expect there's a way to automate IE and its document and "submit"
without resorting to
SendKeys. It would though mean knowing a little more about the html document
and iexplore's methods (which I don't).

In the meantime you might check your IE window really is the active window
with the GetActiveWindow API. Failing that try the other two API's show
below (careful with line wrapping)

Public Declare Function GetActiveWindow Lib "user32" Alias "GetActiveWindow"
() As Long
Public Declare Function SetForegroundWindow Lib "user32" Alias
"SetForegroundWindow" (ByVal hwnd As Long) As Long
Public Declare Function SetFocus Lib "user32" Alias "SetFocus" (ByVal hwnd
As Long) As Long

None of these API's of course would ensue your particular button is in
focus, unless it is by default.

Regards,
Peter T
Regards,
Peter T



"Gary Brown" wrote in message
...
GeeBee,
You've inadvertently posted to the Excel forum. You might want to try
again in the IE forum. Sorry we can't help.
Sincerely,
Gary Brown


"geebee" wrote:

hi,

i have the following. it basically puts the focus on the IE window.
but im
trying to take it a step further by simulating hitting the ENTER key in
the
IE window. i manually tested hitting ENTER in the IE window and it does
what
i want but for some reason it does not work programmatically...

If lHwnd < 0 Then
ShowWindow lHwnd, SW_SHOWNORMAL
Dim XT As Long
XT = BringWindowToTop(lHwnd) 'brings the IE window to top
Windows.Application.SendKeys "{ENTER}"
SendKeys "{ENTER}"

thanks in advance,
geebee