vbscript sendkeys()

[Brian Milby]

Have you tried adding a delay? It could be that the sendkeys is happening before the app is ready for input. (Have not tried from LC, but I do something similar in a .vbs file.)

Wsh.AppActivate "Notepad" : WScript.Sleep 500

Thanks,
Brian
On Oct 12, 2018, 4:38 PM -0500, Tom Glod via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>, wrote:
> Hey folks, is anyone currently successfully using "do as vbscript" and
> sending keystrokes to other application windows?
>
> I have it set to work when i hit a hotkey....
>
> this is my vb script:
>
> Dim Wsh
> Set Wsh = CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")
> Wsh.AppActivate "Notepad"
> Wsh.SendKeys "Test abc"
>
> it works to focus notepad every time
>
> but only once in a while do the sendkeys work, what am I doing wrong?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tom
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