Sending Keystrokes

[Guest endlessly]

Ok, I must be blind or something^^

I looked in the AutoIt help files. Under Keyboard controls, it shows how you can send keystrokes such as ALT, CTRL, TAB, etc.

but...

How do you send "q" or "a" ? I tried Send ( "Q" ); and the same for A, but they did not work. Sorry for the newbie question:) I hope to learn how to use this program. Thanks.

[ezzetabi]

Send("A") does not works? Strange...

Can you show a scrap of your code?

[randd]

I tried Send ( "Q" );

Send("Q");

Will work.

Send("Q")

Will work.

; starts a comment but isn't needed at the end of a command. You need to send the Q to something though. You might be sending Q to no particular application and will not see a result.

Try looking over the help file and do this:

Run("Notepad.exe", "", @SW_MAXIMIZE)
WinActivate("Untitled - Notepad", "")
--put your send command here --

Not sure if that was your problem or not. Can you post your sample code.

Edited August 6, 2004 by randd

[emmanuel]

Ok, I must be blind or something^^

I looked in the AutoIt help files. Under Keyboard controls, it shows how you can send keystrokes such as ALT, CTRL, TAB, etc.

but...

How do you send "q" or "a" ? I tried Send ( "Q" ); and the same for A, but they did not work. Sorry for the newbie question:) I hope to learn how to use this program. Thanks.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

do try what they've suggested, send it to a notepad window to test... but, you might care that "Q" is different than "q". "Q" sends shift+q... If you're sending to something that cares, it might matter.