My turn for a dumb question

[Mitch F]

Hello, It can work separate from your current application. The only limitation is that while the keys are being sent your application must be active or else a different application will start recieving and performing the key combinations. A solution would be to have a Timer that waits 2 seconds from the time you press a "send key" button so that you have been given enough time to get your application active. Hope this helps, Mitch My sig: "And it is a professional faux pas to pay someone else to destroy your computer when you are perfectly capable of destroying it yourself." - Roger Wright Get Perpendicular! (Hitachi Storage) My CodeProject Blog Most recent blog post: April 11

[Daniel Turini]

I've used NUnitForms[^] in the past and it works great, and it can produce unit tests. If you only need powerful automation and can afford such a tool, Automate[^] is the best tool you can find! I see dead pixels Yes, even I am blogging now!

[Michael P Butler]

See if you can dig up an old copy of the Windows 3.11 Macro recorder ;-) Michael CP Blog [^] Development Blog [^]

[Lost User]

For some reason I like this product... :laugh: The tigress is here :-D

[David Stone]

I have a co-worker who's using Perfect Keyboard[^] to do some automation work with a really crappy title/escrow application. If it'll work with this app, it'll work with anything. :) [UPDATE]He's also looked at Macro Express[^]. But I think he said he preferred Perfect Keyboard.

[Andy Brummer]

:laugh:

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[J Dunlap]

Actually, it doesn't have to be within your app - you can activate the window from another app (made just for the purpose), and then send the keys to it.

[Duncan Edwards Jones]

Or the windows hook that was used by that application : WH_JOURNALPLAYBACK. '--8<------------------------ Ex Datis: Duncan Jones Merrion Computing Ltd

[DJ_Graham]

Marc, I have had some success doing automation like this using autoit[^]. It's a scripting language you use to send keystrokes and mouse clicks to a applications. You can run it as a script or compile it into an exe - oh, and it's free. Regards, Derek.

[TheGreatAndPowerfulOz]

We use WinBatch with great success. http://www.winbatch.com/[^] To Tom Archer: this is not an ad.

[Marc Clifton]

DJ_Graham wrote: I have had some success doing automation like this using autoit[^]. Wow, that looks quite impressive. Thanks! Marc My website
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[Ravi Bhavnani]

WinMacro[^] :cool:   Written by our very own S. Senthil Kumar[^] /ravi My new year's resolution: 2048 x 1536 Home | Articles | Freeware | Music ravib@ravib.com

[Marc Clifton]

Very cool! Thank you Ravi. Between WinMacro and AutoIt, I think I've got it covered now. :jig: Marc My website
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[Roger Wright]

There are no dumb questions, only stupid people asking what seem to them smart questions.;) "...putting all your eggs in one basket along with your bowling ball and gym clothes only gets you scrambled eggs and an extra laundry day... " - Jeffry J. Brickley

[Marc Clifton]

DJ_Graham wrote: using autoit[^]. I just gave this a test drive. Fantastic! Thanks again for the link. Marc My website
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[DJ_Graham]

You're welcome. Now please send £5 to... :)