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A .NET class that sends one or more keystrokes to the active window as if they were typed at the keyboard.

A .NET class that sends one or more keystrokes to the active window as if they were typed at the keyboard.

MSDN Documentation for System.Windows.Forms.SendKeys

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Selenium WebDriver: I want to overwrite value in field instead of appending to it with sendKeys using Java

In WebDriver, if I use sendKeys it will append my string to the value that already exists in the field. I can't clear it by using clear() method because the second I do that, the webpage will throw an error saying that it has to be between 10 and…
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Sending Windows key using SendKeys

I am working on shortcuts in C#. I succeed implementing Ctrl, Alt and Shift with SendKeys. Like this; Ctrl + C: System.Windows.Forms.SendKeys.SendWait("^c"); or Alt + F4: System.Windows.Forms.SendKeys.SendWait("%{F4}"); But I can't send "Windows…
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How do I send key strokes to a window without having to activate it using Windows API?

    I have made an application already that sends commands to an activated window. I want to be able to use the computer while my process is running because as soon as I switch focus to another window the key strokes being sent via send keys will go…
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How to send a key to another application

I want to send a specific key (e.g. k) to another program named notepad, and below is the code that I used: private void SendKey() { [DllImport ("User32.dll")] static extern int SetForegroundWindow(IntPtr point); var p =…
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Send keys through SendInput in user32.dll

I am using this board as a keyboard for demo purposes. Anyways to make the long story short everything works fine except for very few cases. I send keystrokes with the SendInput function located in user32.dll. So my program looks like: static void…
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Can I do SendKeys in Javascript?

SendKeys is method to sending keystroke to an application. Can I do it in Javascript, to send keystroke in browser ? REF : http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.sendkeys.aspx
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SendKeys Ctrl-A not working

I'm trying to send CTRL A (select all to an app in this case word but try as I might it doesn't work) I've tried quite a few combinations but all to no avail, any ideas? IntPtr appHandle = FindWindow(null, "Document1 - Microsoft Word"); …
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SendKeys is messing with my NumLock key via VBA code in Access form

I have the following code for an Access form. It appears as if the SendKeys is messing with my NumLock key by toggling it on and off as I open and close the form. For perfectly valid reasons which I don't want to get into, I really do not want to…
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Send some keys to inactive window with python

I'm trying to send some keys to an inactive window/process/program (Win32/64) using Python. Already read about pywinauto and SendKeys, but both of them activate the window before sending keys. Is there any way to work with an inactive window without…
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Alternative to SendKeys when running over Remote Desktop?

I have an application which injects keystrokes into applications via SendKeys. Unfortunately, the application will not work when I am running it via Remote Desktop because of the well known issue that SendKeys doesn't work with Remote Desktop. Has…
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Is there a sendKey for Mac in Python?

In Mac 10.6, I want to cause an active application to become de-active, or minimized by Python I know I could use sendKey in Windows with Python, then what about in Mac?
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How to slow down the speed of send_keys action in a selenium script using python?

I am currently creating a selenium script in python. I need to enter something in a text box using send_keys function. It is doing that correctly as of now. However, for an observation for I need to slow down the speed at which send_keys populates…
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Cross-platform implementation of SendKeys in C#?

I need to automate desktop applications (not a web browser) testing on Windows, Mac and Linux. On Windows I use SendKeys, what do I use on Mac and Linux? Are there any cross-platform .NET Core SendKeys implementation that I can preferably use from…
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Python Selenium - AttributeError : WebElement object has no attribute sendKeys

I'm trying to pass through "ENTER" to a text field, using Selenium (Python). The text box requires that each phone number be entered on a new line, so it will look something like: #Add the phone number# Webelement.sendKeys(Keys.ENTER) I've imported…
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send "spacebar key" using SendKeys.sendwait()

I was wondering how to send spacebar key using SendKeys.send(); It works with the other keys but only the spacebar !! Here is the link where I found the other keys http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.sendkeys.aspx
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