"Invalid Procedure Call" with SendKeys Statement

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, use the Application.SendKeys statement in place of the SendKey statement, as demonstrated below:

Sub SendKeysTest()
    Application.SendKeys "{  20}" 'There are 20 spaces before the
    number 20
End Sub
				

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Sub SendKeysTest()
    SendKeys "{  20}" 'There are two spaces before the number 20
End Sub