Emulating keystrokes in VBScript without using WshShell.SendKeys
I'm a application developer for a large group of people. Some of these people don't have the WScript.Shell library installed on their computers to use the SendKeys method. IT will not take the time to install this as they don't deem it a necessary feature for everyone. Is there a way I can do keystrokes like CTRL+C or ALT+O without the Shell library?
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There is AutoIt, that would require just the executable be present and not a legit "installation". Perhpas you could get away with that? With AutoIt you can do some very smart SendKey-like operations, even addressing forms and so forth.
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I can look into that. If IT doesn't see the need for that either, is there an alternative? We can only use software, executables, and scripts that they approve of. - lkp550 11 years ago
You can pipe a response to programs that support it (typically command line tools). To address an installation this will likely not suffice, but using the less than sign you can send the contents of a text file to a command like so:
<command> < C:\Temp\response-strings.txt
KEYSTACK can be also a good candidate for you. http://jpsoft.com/help/index.htm
