The SendKeys command is a powerful tool of the scripting engine in Radio-Jupiter Pro. It allows you to send keystrokes to another program. This reference tells you how to format your SendKeys strings to do most anything (with a few exceptions) that you can do from your keyboard.
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. 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.