How to send a hotkey to an application

[Guest]

Can Xailer send a Hotkey, for example an Ctrl S or a Ctrl C, to an application?
Assuming that you have the window handle or title in a variable, how do you do this?

[juanc]

Part of the solution:
Local oShell := CreateObject( "WScript.Shell" )
//
oShell:SendKeys( "sample" )
Tested with windows xp.
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> Can Xailer send a Hotkey, for example an Ctrl S or a Ctrl C,
> to an application?
>
> Assuming that you have the window handle or title in a
> variable, how do you do this?
>
>

[Guest]

Yeah, it looks like there's no easy way, other than to execute an
external COM.
Thanks for the Shell sample Juan, I think I'll go the AutoIt route.

[ignacio]

DGauss escribió el vie, 06 julio 2012 15:39Can Xailer send a Hotkey, for example an Ctrl S or a Ctrl C, to an application?
Assuming that you have the window handle or title in a variable, how do you do this?

You can use the windows API function SendMessage() to send a WM_CHAR message to a specific window (control) knowing its handle. BTW, focus should also be given (WM_SETFOCUS) prior to that.
Regards,

[juanc]

You can also use AutoIt like this:
Local oKey := CreateObject( "AutoItX3.Control" )
with functions oKey:Send(), oKey:WinList(), oKey:WinExist() and
oKey:WinActivate()
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> Yeah, it looks like there's no easy way, other than to execute an external
> COM.
>
> Thanks for the Shell sample Juan, I think I'll go the AutoIt route.
>

[Guest]

Ah, cool. You can use SendMessage directly from an Xailer app? That's
great, thanks Ignacio.