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This type of scheduled task is designed for sending a combination of keys (or a text fragment) to the selected application.
Window title
Title of a window where the keys pressings (or the text) should be sent to.
All windows whose title begins with the specified text
Send keys to all windows whose title begins with the text specified under
Window title.
Keys sequence to send
A string to be sent. This string can be formatted using the following rules:
Keys sequence formatting rules
| Text | Keys |
| [ascii characters] | One or more characters represent each key. To specify a single keyboard character, use the character itself. |
| + | Shift |
| ^ | Control |
| % | Alt |
| () | To specify that Shift, Ctrl, and/or Alt should be held down while several other keys are pressed, enclose the keys in parentheses. |
| [] | To specify text where all format characters are represented as keys. |
| {} | Special format. |
To specify one of special characters (+^%()[]{}), enclose it inside square brackets. For example, to specify the plus sign, use [+].
The following commands can be enclosed in the braces ({}):
| {[Key]} | [Key] - keyboard characters or not displayed character code. |
| {[Key] n} | Repeat [Key] n times. |
| {DELAY n} | Pause before sending next keystrokes for n milliseconds. |
| {ACTIVATE [Window title]} | Activate [Window title]. |
| {LOCALE [Locale name]} | Activate keyboard locale [Locale name]. |
| {DATETIME [Format]} | Insert current date and/or time. |
To specify characters that are not displayed when you press a key (such as Enter or Tab)
and keys that represent actions rather than characters, use the following key codes:
| BACKSPACE | BACKSPACE key |
| BREAK | PAUSE/BREAK key |
| CAPSLOCK | CAPS LOCK key |
| CLEAR | CLEAR key |
| DELETE | DELETE key |
| ENTER | ENTER key |
| ESCAPE | ESCAPE key |
| EXECUTE | EXECUTE key |
| HELP | HELP key |
| INSERT | INSERT key |
| NUM LOCK | NUM LOCK key |
| PRINT SCREEN | PRINT SCREEN key |
| SCROLL LOCK | SCROLL LOCK key |
| SELECT | SELECT key |
| SPACEBAR | SPACEBAR |
| TAB | TAB key |
| HOME | HOME key |
| END | END key |
| PAGE DOWN | PAGE DOWN key |
| PAGE UP | PAGE UP key |
| DOWN ARROW | DOWN ARROW key |
| LEFT ARROW | LEFT ARROW key |
| RIGHT ARROW | RIGHT ARROW key |
| UP ARROW | UP ARROW key |
| LEFT ALT | Left ALT key |
| LEFT CTRL | Left CTRL key |
| LEFT SHIFT | Left SHIFT key |
| LEFT WIN | Left Win key |
| RIGHT ALT | Right ALT key |
| RIGHT CTRL | Right CTRL key |
| RIGHT SHIFT | Right SHIFT key |
| RIGHT WIN | Right WIN key |
| APPS | Applications key |
| Numeric keypad 0 | Numeric keypad 0 Key |
| Numeric keypad 1 | Numeric keypad 1 Key |
| Numeric keypad 2 | Numeric keypad 2 Key |
| Numeric keypad 3 | Numeric keypad 3 Key |
| Numeric keypad 4 | Numeric keypad 4 Key |
| Numeric keypad 5 | Numeric keypad 5 Key |
| Numeric keypad 6 | Numeric keypad 6 Key |
| Numeric keypad 7 | Numeric keypad 7 Key |
| Numeric keypad 8 | Numeric keypad 8 Key |
| Numeric keypad 9 | Numeric keypad 9 Key |
| Numeric Multiply | Numeric keypad Multiply key |
| Numeric Add | Numeric keypad Add key |
| Numeric Separator | Numeric keypad Separator key |
| Numeric Subtract | Numeric keypad Subtract key |
| Numeric Decimal | Numeric keypad Decimal key |
| Numeric Divide | Numeric keypad Divide key |
| F1 key | F1 key |
| F2 key | F2 key |
| F3 key | F3 key |
| F4 key | F4 key |
| F5 key | F5 key |
| F6 key | F6 key |
| F7 key | F7 key |
| F8 key | F8 key |
| F9 key | F9 key |
| F10 key | F10 key |
| F11 key | F11 key |
| F12 key | F12 key |
| F13 key | F13 key |
| F14 key | F14 key |
| F15 key | F15 key |
| F16 key | F16 key |
| F17 key | F17 key |
| F18 key | F18 key |
| F19 key | F19 key |
| F20 key | F20 key |
| F21 key | F21 key |
| F22 key | F22 key |
| F23 key | F23 key |
| F24 key | F24 key |
The following format specifiers can be used to define DATETIME format:
| space or underscore | space |
| %d | day in month |
| %w | weekday (three letter abbreviation) |
| %W | full weekday |
| %o | month number 1..12 |
| %m | month (three letter abbreviation) |
| %M | full month |
| %y | two digit year number |
| %Y | full year number |
| %h | hour |
| %n | minutes |
| %s | seconds |
| %a | am/pm |
| %A | AM/PM |
| %z | time zone abbreviation (default: current zone)
%z=ABB - use time in specified time zone, but not add abbreviation
%z!ABB - use time in specified time zone and add its abbreviation |
Examples:
| abc+(abc){BACKSPACE} |
key: 0x61 (a)
key: 0x62 (b)
key: 0x63 (c)
key: SHIFT 0x61 (a)
key: SHIFT 0x62 (b)
key: SHIFT 0x63 (c)
key: 0x08 (.)
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| {a{+(o)}[+]} |
key: 0x61 (a)
key: SHIFT 0x6f (o)
key: 0x2b (+)
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| abc^(ab%(cd+ef))g |
key: 0x61 (a)
key: 0x62 (b)
key: 0x63 (c)
key: CTRL 0x61 (a)
key: CTRL 0x62 (b)
key: CTRL ALT 0x63 (c)
key: CTRL ALT 0x64 (d)
key: CTRL ALT SHIFT 0x65 (e)
key: CTRL ALT 0x66 (f)
key: 0x67 (g)
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| abc{BACKSPACE}{CLEAR[+] 5}[^]{$ 8} |
key: 0x61 (a)
key: 0x62 (b)
key: 0x63 (c)
key: 0x08 (.)
key: 0x0c (.)
key: 0x2b (+)
key: 0x0c (.)
key: 0x2b (+)
key: 0x0c (.)
key: 0x2b (+)
key: 0x0c (.)
key: 0x2b (+)
key: 0x0c (.)
key: 0x2b (+)
key: 0x5e (^)
key: 0x24 ($)
key: 0x24 ($)
key: 0x24 ($)
key: 0x24 ($)
key: 0x24 ($)
key: 0x24 ($)
key: 0x24 ($)
key: 0x24 ($)
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| {a{b 2} 5}{ENTER}[%[]^]{ENTER}text{ENTER} |
key: 0x61 (a)
key: 0x62 (b)
key: 0x62 (b)
key: 0x61 (a)
key: 0x62 (b)
key: 0x62 (b)
key: 0x61 (a)
key: 0x62 (b)
key: 0x62 (b)
key: 0x61 (a)
key: 0x62 (b)
key: 0x62 (b)
key: 0x61 (a)
key: 0x62 (b)
key: 0x62 (b)
key: 0x0d (.)
key: 0x25 (%)
key: 0x5b ([)
key: 0x5d (])
key: 0x5e (^)
key: 0x0d (.)
key: 0x74 (t)
key: 0x65 (e)
key: 0x78 (x)
key: 0x74 (t)
key: 0x0d (.)
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| {LOCALE English (United States)}English text{ENTER}{LOCALE German}German text{ENTER} |
command LOCALE(English)
key: 0x45 (E)
key: 0x6e (n)
key: 0x67 (g)
key: 0x6c (l)
key: 0x69 (i)
key: 0x73 (s)
key: 0x68 (h)
key: 0x20 ( )
key: 0x74 (t)
key: 0x65 (e)
key: 0x78 (x)
key: 0x74 (t)
key: 0x0d (.)
command LOCALE(German)
key: 0x47 (G)
key: 0x65 (e)
key: 0x72 (r)
key: 0x6d (m)
key: 0x61 (a)
key: 0x7e (n)
key: 0x20 ( )
key: 0x74 (t)
key: 0x65 (e)
key: 0x78 (x)
key: 0x74 (t)
key: 0x0d (.)
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| {DATETIME %d %w %W %o %m %M %y %Y %h:%n:%s %a %A %z}{ENTER} |
command DATETIME(%d %w %W %o %m %M %y %Y %h:%n:%s %a %A %z)
key: 0x0d (.)
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| TEXT1{DELAY 1000}TEXT2 |
key: 0x54 (T)
key: 0x45 (E)
key: 0x58 (X)
key: 0x54 (T)
key: 0x31 (1)
command 1(1000)
key: 0x54 (T)
key: 0x45 (E)
key: 0x58 (X)
key: 0x54 (T)
key: 0x32 (2)
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| {ACTIVATE Untitled - Notepad}{LEFT ALT}{DOWN ARROW}{DOWN ARROW}{DOWN ARROW}{DOWN ARROW}{ENTER}c:\filename.txt{ENTER} |
Activate "Untitled - Notepad" and perform "Save as..." command.
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