robot types the wrong chars

Question

I got a java robot to type characters, however it prints stuff like:

.. 5./. .. .. //5 / /55/ /.. ..5.. .. 5 5 . 5.

Instead of the wanted string. Does someone know how to avoid this?

import java.awt.Robot;
import java.awt.AWTException;

Robot robot;

String txt = "o noes ";
char[] chars;

void setup() {

  chars = txt.toCharArray();

  try {
    robot = new Robot();
  } 
  catch(AWTException e) {
  }
  robot.setAutoDelay(1);

  for (int i = 0; i < 10000; i++) {
    int c = chars[(int)random(chars.length)];
    robot.keyPress(c);
    robot.keyRelease(c);
  }
}

What is the `random` method? It's not a built-in, and I don't see any static imports... — ziesemer, Sep 08 '12 at 13:01
it works when using processing which is awsome for small things. See www.processing.org, really worth looking into. — clankill3r, Sep 08 '12 at 13:27

bmargulies · Answer 1 · 2012-09-08T13:32:09.380

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You have to use values from the KeyEvent class, not characters, for keyPress, as per the javadoc for keyPress.

KeyEvent ke = new KeyEvent(<various parameters>);
ke.setKeyChar('a');
int code = ke.getKeyCode();

edited Sep 08 '12 at 13:32

answered Sep 08 '12 at 13:07

bmargulies

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is there a quick way to convert 'z' to 'KeyEvent.VK_Z' etc? – clankill3r Sep 08 '12 at 13:29

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 08 '12 at 13:28

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You might consider this kind of lengthy but it works http://pastebin.com/p0BdJxpy

answered Sep 08 '12 at 13:28

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