[DotNetDevelopment] Sending the "F9" key to the OS

[Oren Kaplan]

Hello,
I'm trying to send the "F9" key to windows as if it was typed on the
keyboard.
I'm using the following code:

        Dim p As System.Diagnostics.Process
        If
System.Diagnostics.Process.GetProcessesByName("ShekelPC.exe").Count =
1 Then
            For Each p In
System.Diagnostics.Process.GetProcessesByName("ShekelPC.exe")
                AppActivate(p.Id)
                My.Computer.Keyboard.SendKeys("{F9}", True)
            Next
        End If
        End

After trying only:

        My.Computer.Keyboard.SendKeys("{F9}", True)

didn't help much.

I'm trying to get "ShekelPC.exe" which sits in the background (in the
system tray) to capture that "F9" keypress.

It's like a hotkey for that application and I'm having a hard time
managing to send that simple command to the system automatically
instead of  physically pressing it.

Why isn't my code working?
If the key is sent as if pressed then the application should react as
it normally does.

Is there another, better way of doing this?

Thanks

Oren