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How to call Keys shortcuts in UI Automation? /. NETWORK

I am writing a program to automate a win32 form. I am using the Microsoft UI Automation library. I do not know how I can get and call the predefined shortcuts in this form. Now I just get the AutomationElement from the MenuItem and call a click on this element. Any solutions? Does anyone do this?

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As far as I know, AutomationElementInformation has the AcceleratorKey and AccessKey properties.
Some extracts from MSDN:

AutomationElement :: AutomationElementInformation :: AcceleratorKey
A sequence of keyboard shortcuts that trigger an action associated with an item.

and

AutomationElement :: AutomationElementInformation :: AccessKey
The symbol associated with the item that is used to activate this item.

And after you can use SendKeys to simulate keystrokes.

Another way is to use keybd___event, but AFAIK, it is deprecated, and Microsoft recommends SendInput instead. Maybe this will help you.

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You should activate the main window and call SendKeys :: Send to send the keys to the active window. This is a static method in the SendKeys class, so when sending keys to a window, there is no need for the main AutomationElement window.

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