James wrote:

>> But I can't find any such command in JavaScript. Where are you seeing
that?
>> When I try it, I get a "runtime error" rather than a "syntax error" so I
>> guess it might be there.


Hi James,

I thought my reference to Windows Scripting Host Language Reference would
get you going with a MSDN search.

Hopefully the information below will help you out:

Check out the SendKeys method:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/script56/ht
ml/wsoriwindowsscripthost.asp

(The URL might be word-wrapped, so you might have to copy and paste the
complete URL into your browser)

Read the information in this message in addition to the URL I posted. Let me
know if this works out for you. I think what you are trying to do can be
done easily with the example I gave -- it was taken out of context for
brevity.

Best regards,

Ken Pergola





From Windows Scripting Host Language Reference:


Specifically check out the example below:

<job id="js">
<script language="Javascript">
   var WshShell = new ActiveXObject("WScript.Shell");
   WshShell.Run("calc");
   WScript.Sleep(100);
   WshShell.AppActivate("Calculator");
   WScript.Sleep(100);
   WshShell.SendKeys("1{+}");
   WScript.Sleep(500);
   WshShell.SendKeys("2");
   WScript.Sleep(500);
   WshShell.SendKeys("~");
   WScript.Sleep(500);
   WshShell.SendKeys("*3");
   WScript.Sleep(500);
   WshShell.SendKeys("~");
   WScript.Sleep(2500);
</script>
</job>









Microsoft Windows Script Host 2.0 Language Reference

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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:

<package>

<job id="vbs">
<script language="VBScript">
   set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
   WshShell.Run "calc"
   WScript.Sleep 100
   WshShell.AppActivate "Calculator"
   WScript.Sleep 100
   WshShell.SendKeys "1{+}"
   WScript.Sleep 500
   WshShell.SendKeys "2"
   WScript.Sleep 500
   WshShell.SendKeys "~"
   WScript.Sleep 500
   WshShell.SendKeys "*3"
   WScript.Sleep 500
   WshShell.SendKeys "~"
   WScript.Sleep 2500
</script>
</job>

<job id="js">
<script language="Javascript">
   var WshShell = new ActiveXObject("WScript.Shell");
   WshShell.Run("calc");
   WScript.Sleep(100);
   WshShell.AppActivate("Calculator");
   WScript.Sleep(100);
   WshShell.SendKeys("1{+}");
   WScript.Sleep(500);
   WshShell.SendKeys("2");
   WScript.Sleep(500);
   WshShell.SendKeys("~");
   WScript.Sleep(500);
   WshShell.SendKeys("*3");
   WScript.Sleep(500);
   WshShell.SendKeys("~");
   WScript.Sleep(2500);
</script>
</job>

</package>
For more information, see Running Your Scripts.

See Also
Applies To: WshShell Object


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