Send form data to an outside app?

[lalato]

Is it possible to enter a number into an Access form and send that number to an outside app?

I thought maybe SendKeys would work, but I can't seem to get that to work at all. (I'm definitely a novice at this stuff)

Here is what I'm trying to do exactly...
Open an app. Tab down a few fields in the app, press enter, copy data from an Access form field to the app, tab a few more times press enter, and then close the app.

Thanks for any help you can provide...
--sam

 

[UncleJack]

What you're trying to do is far from simple. If you're trying to pass the value to a Windows compliant application it will be easier than to a non-windows app. The usual method is to establish an ODBC link to the target app and use this to pass the information. You can also use DDE if the target app supports such. Search help for ODBC and DDE and that will give you a feel for what you're up against.

Uncle Jack