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echo: delphi
to: BART BROERSMA
from: BRYAN SMITH
date: 1997-05-09 10:10:00
subject: Sending Keys

On 06 May 97 Bart Broersma said to All...
 BB> Problem 2: I need to send keys to the above mentioned DOS program to
 BB> simulate keystrokes. (Althoug the program is a DOS program, simply
 BB> stuffing the keyboard buffer won't do in this case.) All this to make
 BB> the program automatically perform a task, since it doesn't have
 BB> features like macro's
PC-Magazine has a DOS program called Key-Fake which I have used to automate
DOS programs. You may find it on their web site. Basically, it is a buffer
stuffer, but it is sophisticated, and resists attempts by programs such as
Lotus 123 (remember that ?) to purge their buffers on startup.
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