send f14

[13lack13lade 21]

Hi All,

Just trying to automate a program at work and im trying to get autoit to send the F14 key however send("{F14}") doesn't work, the {F14} doesn't even come up grey like the other function keys do in the script. Also since there is no f14 key the program i am using uses NUMPAD * as the f14 key however not sure how come i cant send {F14} or {NUMPAD *}... surely just missing something, any idea's?

I've found some posts on the forum from 2009 that state autoit doesnt accommodate as f14 is not part of the standard keyboard, so is there a way to make it press the numpad * button else how do i work around it?

 

Thanks guys!!!

Edited June 11, 2014 by 13lack13lade

[Palestinian 13]

Did you try sending a normal " * " ?

[13lack13lade 21]

* Doesnt count as a Numpad * thus doesnt count as F14

[Melba23 2,460]

13lack13lade,

Try using {NUMPADMULT} - that is the key you press manually.

M23

[junkew 177]

use below but then with the right value for VK_F14 value

 

To send the ASCII value A (same as pressing ALT+065 on the numeric keypad)

    Send("{ASC 065}")

(When using 2 digit ASCII codes you must use a leading 0, otherwise an obsolete 437 code page is used).

To send UNICODE characters enter the character code (decimal or hex), for example this sends a Chinese character

    Send("{ASC 2709}") or Send("{ASC 0xA95}")

VK_F14 0x7D F14 key

VK_F15 0x7E F15 key

VK_F16 0x7F F16 key

VK_F17 0x80 F17 key

VK_F18 0x81 F18 key

VK_F19 0x82 F19 key

VK_F20 0x83 F20 key

VK_F21 0x84 F21 key

VK_F22 0x85 F22 key

VK_F23 0x86 F23 key

VK_F24 0x87 F24 key

Edited June 11, 2014 by junkew

[Exit 72]

HotKeySet("{ESC}", "_ESC")
HotKeySet("{F2}", "_F2")
HotKeySet("+{F2}", "_F14") ; shift F2
Func _F2()
    MsgBox(262144, Default, "F2", 0)
EndFunc   ;==>_F2
Func _F14()
    MsgBox(262144, Default, "F14", 0)
EndFunc   ;==>_F14
Func _ESC()
    Exit
EndFunc   ;==>_ESC
While 1
    Sleep(100)
WEnd

[13lack13lade 21]

awesome!

Thank you guys!!