Microsoft Windows Script Host 2.0
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SendKeys Method
Sends one or more keystrokes to the active window as if typed at the keyboard.
SendKeys string
Arguments: string Required. String expression specifying the keystrokes to send.
Remarks
Each key is represented by one or more characters. To specify a single keyboard
character, use the character itself. For example, to represent the letter A, use
"A" for string. To represent more than one character, append each additional
character to the one preceding it. To represent the letters A, B, and C, use
"ABC" for string.
The plus sign (+), caret (^), percent sign (%), tilde (~), and parentheses ( )
have special meanings to SendKeys. To specify one of these characters, enclose
it within braces ({}). For example, to specify the plus sign, use {+}. Brackets
([ ]) have no special meaning to SendKeys, but you must enclose them in braces.
In other applications, brackets do have a special meaning that may be
significant when dynamic data exchange (DDE) occurs. To specify brace
characters, use {{} and {}}.
To specify characters that aren't displayed when you press a key, such as ENTER
or TAB, and keys that represent actions rather than characters, use the codes
shown below:
Key Code
-------------- ----------------------------
BACKSPACE {BACKSPACE}, {BS}, or {BKSP}
BREAK {BREAK}
CAPS LOCK {CAPSLOCK}
DEL or DELETE {DELETE} or {DEL}
DOWN ARROW {DOWN}
END {END}
ENTER {ENTER} or ~
ESC {ESC}
HELP {HELP}
HOME {HOME}
INS or INSERT {INSERT} or {INS}
LEFT ARROW {LEFT}
NUM LOCK {NUMLOCK}
PAGE DOWN {PGDN}
PAGE UP {PGUP}
PRINT SCREEN {PRTSC}
RIGHT ARROW {RIGHT}
SCROLL LOCK {SCROLLLOCK}
TAB {TAB}
UP ARROW {UP}
F1 {F1}
F2 {F2}
F3 {F3}
F4 {F4}
F5 {F5}
F6 {F6}
F7 {F7}
F8 {F8}
F9 {F9}
F10 {F10}
F11 {F11}
F12 {F12}
F13 {F13}
F14 {F14}
F15 {F15}
F16 {F16}
To specify keys combined with any combination of the SHIFT, CTRL, and ALT keys,
precede the key code with one or more of the following codes:
Key Code
----- ----
SHIFT +
CTRL ^
ALT %
To specify that any combination of SHIFT, CTRL, and ALT should be held down
while several other keys are pressed, enclose the code for those keys in
parentheses. For example, to specify to hold down SHIFT while E and C are
pressed, use "+(EC)". To specify to hold down SHIFT while E is pressed, followed
by C without SHIFT, use "+EC".
To specify repeating keys, use the form {key number}. You must put a space
between key and number. For example, {LEFT 42} means press the LEFT ARROW key
42 times; {h 10} means press H 10 times.
Note You can't use SendKeys to send keystrokes to an application that is not
designed to run in Microsoft Windows. Sendkeys also can't send the PRINT SCREEN
key {PRTSC} to any application.
Example
The following example demonstrates the use of a single .wsf file for two jobs
in different script languages (VBScript and JScript). The functionality of both
jobs is the same — each runs the Windows calculator and send keystrokes to
execute a simple calculation:
For more information, see Running Your Scripts .
See Also
Applies To: WshShell Object
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