Send {Ctrl} key when keyboard layout is not English

[MAS]

Hello all 

I'm trying to send keys to a program and it works well, but if I changed the keyboard layout to language other than English

it fails

ex:

Run("Notepad.exe")
$hWnd = WinWait("Untitled - Notepad2")
WinActivate($hWnd)
ControlSend($hWnd, "", "", "^s")

this works and opens the save as dialogue if I'm using English keyboard only not Arabic keyboard for example

I've tried using in send command

{CTRL} , {LCTRL} , {RCTRL}

but didn't work

so how I automatically change keyboard if it's not English and then send the keys

or what I should do

 

Thanks

[JLogan3o13]

Have you tried _WINAPI_Keybd_Event? Something like this (untested):

 #include <WinAPISys.au3>
 
_WinAPI_Keybd_Event ( 0x11, $KEYEVENTF_EXTENDEDKEY)
_WinAPI_Keybd_Event ( 0x11, $KEYEVENTF_KEYUP)

[MAS]

JLogan3o13 thanks for reply

 

but no only sends the key s to the text editor area

[FireFox]

Hi,

Your issue may be related to >this one.

Br, FireFox.

[MAS]

ok thank's FireFox it's related but how I could detect if using English or not without pressing a hotkey

[MAS]

is there anyway to change the current using language after I get it from @KBLayout

Edited February 11, 2014 by MAS

[JLogan3o13]

_WINAPI_SetKeyboardLayout - the help file is your friend.

[MAS]

yes  _WINAPI_SetKeyboardLayout  is exactly what I want

thanks JLogan3o13