PostMessage does not seem to be working.

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Published on 2010-05-18T18:47:46Z Indexed on 2010/05/18 18:50 UTC
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I am trying to use PostMessage to send a tab key.

Here is my code:

// This class allows us to send a tab key when the the enter key
//  is pressed for the mooseworks mask control.   
public class MaskKeyControl : MaskedEdit
{
//  [DllImport("coredll.dll", SetLastError = true, CharSet = CharSet.Auto)]
//  static extern IntPtr SendMessage(IntPtr hWnd, UInt32 Msg, Int32 wParam, Int32 lParam);

    [return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)]
    // I am calling this on a Windows Mobile device so the dll is coredll.dll
    [DllImport("coredll.dll", SetLastError = true)]
    static extern bool PostMessage(IntPtr hWnd, uint Msg, Int32 wParam, Int32 lParam);

    public const Int32 VK_TAB = 0x09;
    public const Int32 WM_KEYDOWN = 0x100;

    protected override void OnKeyDown(KeyEventArgs e)
    {
        if (e.KeyData == Keys.Enter)
        {
            PostMessage(this.Handle, WM_KEYDOWN, VK_TAB, 0);
            return;
        }
        base.OnKeyDown(e);
    }

    protected override void OnKeyPress(KeyPressEventArgs e)
    {
        if (e.KeyChar == '\r') 
            e.Handled = true;
        base.OnKeyPress(e);
    }
}

When I press enter the code gets called, but nothing happens. Then I press TAB and it works fine. (So there is something wrong with my sending of the Tab Message.)

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