How do I put quotation marks into quotation mark (vbs, sendkeys)

Question

I need to type " into notepad with VBS script.

I have this code:

Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
WshShell.Run "notepad"
wscript.sleep 500
WshShell.sendkeys "some "text""

But it shows an error.

NickSlash · Accepted Answer · 2021-12-30T15:22:13.243

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You need to double up the quotes inside or you can use chr(34)

Text = "my ""example"" of doubled quotes"
Text = "use " & Chr(34) & "chr ()" & Chr(34) & " function"

edited Dec 30 '21 at 15:22

answered Dec 30 '21 at 11:52

NickSlash

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Single quotes do not work like this in VBScript. They're used for comment only. – Dec 30 '21 at 11:56
How is this different to [this answer](https://stackoverflow.com/a/2942573/692942) from over 11 years ago? – user692942 Dec 30 '21 at 16:52
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@user692942 I didn't search for an answer so no idea? Probably not a great deal of difference? Does it matter? – NickSlash Dec 30 '21 at 16:56
Yes, it does the fact you have to ask that tells me you have no idea of what [so] is meant to be. – user692942 Dec 30 '21 at 18:26
I wasn't asking in all honesty. – NickSlash Dec 30 '21 at 22:04

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