ActiveX "sendkeys" not passing CTRL+1 to target program

Hi,

I'm trying to send CTRL+1 to an activeX window. I've followed all the instructions and understand the use of {} and (), but the following (or any parenthesized varient) won't send the command I'm looking to send. I can resolve a similar problem with case-sensitivity of alphabetical characters (must use upper case), but numeric digit is not passed correctly. Any advice?

h = actxserver('WScript.Shell');

h.Run('.\myProgram'); 
pause(3); % Waits for the application to load.

h.AppActivate('myProgram'); % Brings myProgram to focus
h.SendKeys('^1')

[Walter Roberson]

Can you h.SendKeys(char('1'-32)) ?

The offset of 32 is valid for the digits to find the corresponding control key. The more general expression would be char(bitand(uint8(TheCharacter),31))