SendKeys to DOS Shell Applications 
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 SendKeys to DOS Shell Applications

G'Day All,

I am trying to send keystrokes (including F Keys) into a DOS application
running in a Windows DOS shell.

I have succesfully sent standard keys to the app by pasting them to the
clipboard and using sendkeys to paste the clipboard to the the DOS shell (as
per MS TechNet article Q77394) however I have been unable to determine how
to send funtion key strokes to the app using this or any other method.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Geoff



Mon, 17 Aug 1998 03:00:00 GMT  
 SendKeys to DOS Shell Applications

Quote:

> I have succesfully sent standard keys to the app by pasting them to the
> clipboard and using sendkeys to paste the clipboard to the the DOS shell (as
> per MS TechNet article Q77394) however I have been unable to determine how
> to send funtion key strokes to the app using this or any other method.

According to Microsoft, you can't get there from here unless you want to
do a lot of Clipboard cut-and-paste stuff.  There's an article in the
VB KB about "How to send keystrokes to an MS-DOS application".

I don't believe taht you can send "special keystrokes".



Tue, 18 Aug 1998 03:00:00 GMT  
 
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