Windows Sendkey

Windows Sendkey

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With this VBO you can read and change the current language of the input keyboard. The object contains actions to sen keystrokes to the active application. You can send any key holding other key like e.g. Ctrl, Alt, Shift or other.

 

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Description

The VBO sends the key codes to the active application and gets/sets the keyboard language.

The runmode of this business object is “background”

1.1 Get Input Language

Gets the input language for the current thread.
Parameter Direction Data Type Description
Language Out Text Input language

1.2 Key Down

Press and hold the key.
Parameter Direction Data Type Description
Key Code In Number Numeric code of the key

1.3 Key Up

Release the key.
Parameter Direction Data Type Description
Key Code In Number Numeric code of the key

1.4 Send Key

Sends a key code to the active application. The key code list is available at https://boostrobotics.eu/windows-key-codes
Parameter Direction Data Type Description
Key Code In Number Numeric code of the key
Alt In Flag Hold Alt
Ctrl In Flag Hold Ctrl
Shift In Flag Hold Shift
WinKey In Flag Hold Windows Key

1.5 Send Keys

Sends the given keys to the active application.
Parameter Direction Data Type Description
Text In Text A text to send

1.6 Set Input Language

Sets the input language for the current thread. The Language parameter is a Culture name, e.g. en-150, en-US, pl-PL, etc.
Parameter Direction Data Type Description
Language In Text Input language

The key code list is available below