ControlSend sending Alt, Shift.....

[jokke]

Heya, ime stuggling abit to make my ControlSend send Both Shift and F1 at once.

These things iwe tried:

ControlSend("win","","","+{F1}")
;------------------------------------------

ControlSend("win","","","{SHIFTDOWN}{F1}")
ControlSend("win","","","{SHIFTUP}")
;------------------------------------------

ControlSend("win","","","{SHIFTDOWN}")
ControlSend("win","","","{F1}")
ControlSend("win","","","{SHIFTUP}")
;------------------------------------------

oh, i tried with both send flags (0/1).

As a sidenote, if i activate the window then use:

WinActivate("win","")
Sleep(100)
Send("+{F1}")

That works, but having to activate the window means the process will interfere with other thing's as im trying to automate this task.

Any ideas?

Edited November 25, 2009 by jokke

[water]

The first example should work. But what you are missing is the ControlId.

ControlSend("win","",ControlId,"+{F1}")

[jokke]

Theres no control, thats why its blank

Well i am sending single keys just fine, but once i start mixing up more keystrokes at once it just wont send em.

ControlSend("win","","","+{F1}") Results sending F1 but not the Shift.

As i worte as a side note, when i activate the window and use Send it works.

Edited November 25, 2009 by jokke

[water]

See Remarks of ControlSend: " ...works in a similar way to Send but it can send key strokes directly to a window/control, rather than just to the active window."

To send key strokes to an active window use Send. To send key strokes to an inactive window use ControlSend and specify a ControlId.

So I think what you want (send key strokes to an inactive window) can't be done.

For further info please see this post.

Edited November 25, 2009 by water

[jifb]

Can someone explain why

ControlSend("win","","","+{F1}")

doesn't work

whereas

ControlSend("win","","","{F1}")
Send("+{F1}")
Send("{F1}")

works well?

 

The discussion here resulted in the statement that you need a ControlID, but didn't answer all questions.

So in other words:

Why does a missing ControlID block using modifiers like "+" etc? What's the actual reason? May it be application dependend?

Of course there's always a workaround but it's nicer to have a straightforward way.

[Nine]

14 years ago, I don't remember how AutoIt was performing with ControlSend, but today it works well with/without ControlId.  Do some tests you will see by yourself...

Edited January 5, 2024 by Nine