Title: How to send keystrokes to another application
Question: How can i send keystrokes to any running application from within Delphi.
Answer:
Download the following component:
Name: Sendkeys
Download from: http://delphi.icm.edu.pl/ftp/d20free/sendkeys.zip
Description:
This component takes a (client)window handle and makes it possible to send any keystroke(s) to the component or window specified by that handle.
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Example:
After installing the component discribed above creat a new application and place a button and the SendKeys component on the mainform. Write the followin code in the OnClick eventhandler for the button:
procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
begin
// Start Notepad, so we can send keystrokes to it
WinExec('NotePad.exe', SW_SHOW);
// Replace the parameter of the GetWindowHandle procedure
// with the text in the captionbar of your Notepad window.
// This Codesample is used with the Dutch language version
SendKeys1.GetWindowHandle('Naamloos - Kladblok');
// If the windowhandle is specified send some tekst to it
if SendKeys1.WindowHandle 0 then
SendKeys1.SendKeys('This is a test');
// Note: You can also send other keys like
// a the RETURN key by using the following code:
// SendKeys1.SendKeys(Chr(13));
end;
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Have Fun!
I'm so sorry, if someone had the idea that I wrote that component, he/she is wrong. The credits are for Mr. Pedro Gardete.
He can be reached by E-Mail at gardete@mail.telepac.pt