Key combination ALT+Print in VBscript

[sbauerle]

Hello,

can anybody tell me how to execute the ALT+Print key combination using VBscript.

thanks for any help
Stefan

 

[browolf]

In WSH (windows scripting host) there is the function sendkeys which
Sends one or more keystrokes to the active window as if typed at the keyboard.

e.g.

set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell&quot
WshShell.Run "calc"
WScript.Sleep 100
WshShell.AppActivate "Calculator"
WScript.Sleep 100
WshShell.SendKeys "1{+}"
WScript.Sleep 500
WshShell.SendKeys "2"
WScript.Sleep 500
WshShell.SendKeys "~"
WScript.Sleep 500
WshShell.SendKeys "*3"
WScript.Sleep 500
WshShell.SendKeys "~"
WScript.Sleep 2500
</script>

source:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/script56/html/wsmthsendkeys.asp

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[sbauerle]

Thanks for the link,
but what I found there is that the PRTSC key can not be sent to an application.

 

[browolf]

doh! sorry about that. i only noticed it on the list of keys. seems a bit strange having it on the list of keys.

There's a 3rd party program called autoit that also does sendkeys type things. I have used it before cos sendkeys in vbscript is a bit pants. According to what i've read on google group, it supports the print screen button.

http://www.hiddensoft.com/AutoIt/

ref:

http://groups.google.com/groups?q=a...8&selm=3A9FBE70.75094645@pressroom.com&rnum=4

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[browolf]

i mean i've used it within wsh. cos you can compile autoit scripts into exe files and then call them from wsh.
you could use autoit to put the stuff on the clipboard and do whatever afterwards in vbscript.

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