c# - SendKey.Send() Not working

Question

I'm using WPF and I imported the System.Windows.Form reference. Here's my code:

Process[] process = Process.GetProcessesByName("wmplayer");
SetForegroundWindow(process[0].MainWindowHandle);
Thread.Sleep(200);
System.Windows.Forms.SendKeys.Send("^p");

The Windows Media Player do Focus, but no keystroke is Received. Why?

Answer 1

You can use WinAPI instead of SendKeys:

[DllImport("user32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
static extern void keybd_event(byte bVk, byte bScan, uint dwFlags, UIntPtr dwExtraInfo);
public static void PressKey(Keys key, bool up) {
    const int KEYEVENTF_EXTENDEDKEY = 0x1;
    const int KEYEVENTF_KEYUP = 0x2;
    if (up) {
        keybd_event((byte) key, 0x45, KEYEVENTF_EXTENDEDKEY | KEYEVENTF_KEYUP, (UIntPtr) 0);
    }
    else {
        keybd_event((byte) key, 0x45, KEYEVENTF_EXTENDEDKEY, (UIntPtr) 0);
    }
}

void TestProc() {
    PressKey(Keys.ControlKey, false);
    PressKey(Keys.P, false);
    PressKey(Keys.P, true);
    PressKey(Keys.ControlKey, true);
}