A .NET class that sends one or more keystrokes to the active window as if they were typed at the keyboard.
A .NET class that sends one or more keystrokes to the active window as if they were typed at the keyboard.
Questions tagged [sendkeys]
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Send Windows Key in batch script
I've recently been using the SendKeys function using Batch script.
I've understood how to input certain keys into a window, such as the tab key:
%SendKeys% "{TAB}"
Or the backspace key:
%SendKeys% "{BACKSPACE}"
But I have been trying to input the…
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Sendkey twice based on success?
I was using sendkey to access Power Query and connect to SharePoint Folder. Everything was smooth until the Power Query Data Preview Dialog appears.
How do I allow sendkey to continue after the dialog appears? I'm using button to start macro and…
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SendKeys Ctrl + C to external applications (text into Clipboard)
I have an app that sits as a trayicon in the system tray. I have registered a Hotkey that when pressed will capture the current text selection in any application, even in Web Browsers.
My aproach is to send the key combination {Ctlr + C} to copy the…
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How do I programmatically press Enter?
I have a C# console program which starts calculator and simulates key presses. How do I programmatically press Enter?
[DllImport("USER32.DLL", CharSet = CharSet.Unicode)]
public static extern IntPtr FindWindow(string lpClassName,
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Automated 'PrtScn' keystroke acts like 'Alt+PrtScrn'
We need a screenshot of our app for a unit test. CaptureScreen() and CopyFromScreen() somehow ignore the app and return pictures of an empty desktop. So we wrote this to fake a PrtScn keystroke:
public static Bitmap GetAltScreenshot()
{
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C# // SendKeys.SendWait works only when process'es window is minimzed
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Collections;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using System.Diagnostics;
using…
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Unable to send underscore with Sendkeys in C#?
I've been bored, so I tried to make a program that writes a Look of Disapproval smiley(the ಠ_ಠ face) when pressing ctrl+shift+L.
Now everything works, except for the underscore that is in the smiley, which won't get written at all.
This was what I…
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Programmatically disable caps lock
I'm using SendKeys in an automation program for work. I've been plodding along, and am now trying to iron out all the bugs that I've created :-)
One of which, is that when I used SendKeys.Send("Test"), if the CapsLock is on, it will produce "tEST"…
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Win32 equivalent of .net SendKeys
I am designing a system that reads a gesture from Kinect and make some actions. I am trying to include the system to be able to send HotKey to an application. My system is writing in c++ but the UI is in C++.net. I have been able to use SendKeys…
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SendKeys doesn't always work
I am using .SendKeys() in Excel VBA to send key strokes to an external window that I am making active using shell .AppActive method. The problem is that SendKeys is simply not behaving consistently and is sometimes sending the keys and sometimes…
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Websdriver - sendKeys command is not typing on Password type field
I am trying to learn selenium webdriver automation but I am finding that the sendKeys command is not typing on Password type fields. I can see that some other people are also experiencing the same problem by googling it, but I haven't seen any…
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Send keystroke to application in c# (sendkeys, postmessage, sendmessage all not working)
I am trying to do one of the following
1. open desired program and press a key programmatically
2. find open window of program and press a key programmatically
(either is fine)
I have tried numerous implementations of SendKeys.SendWait(),…
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VBA interaction with internet explorer
The macro I am building takes names from an Excel spreadsheet, opens Internet Explorer, and searches the online directory. After searching the directory, it pulls up a Java form with the manager's name in it. I am able to manually tab to the manager…
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Sending Keyboard inputs to Spotify whilst not in focus
I have an AHK script (below) which sends various commands to the Spotify desktop app globally while in the background to perform various actions, however I play an MMO which has an always running anti-cheat which shuts the game down when it detects…
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Injecting commands by sending keystrokes to a command windows?
I have a command prompt window that runs a web based piece of software. I want to make a program in C# that injects commands into the running command prompt window.
Any pointers?
Thanks, Paul.
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