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POST KEY

POST KEY ( code {; modifiers {; process}} )

ParameterTypeDescription
codeLongint🡒Character code or function key code
modifiersLongint🡒State of modifier keys
processLongint🡒Destination process reference number, or Application event queue, if omitted, or 0

Description​

The POST KEY command simulates a keystroke. Its effect is as if the user actually entered a character on the keyboard.

You pass the code of the character in code.

If you pass the modifiers parameter, you pass one or a combination of the Events (Modifiers) constants:

ConstantTypeValueComment
Activate window bitLongint0
Activate window maskLongint1
Caps lock key bitLongint10Windows and OS X
Caps lock key maskLongint1024Windows and OS X
Command key bitLongint8Ctrl key under Windows, Command key under OS X
Command key maskLongint256Ctrl key under Windows, Command key under OS X
Control key bitLongint12Ctrl key under OS X, or right click under Windows and OS X
Control key maskLongint4096Ctrl key under OS X, or right click under Windows and OS X
Mouse button bitLongint7
Mouse button maskLongint128
Option key bitLongint11Alt key (also called Option under OS X)
Option key maskLongint2048Alt key (also called Option under OS X)
Right control key bitLongint15
Right control key maskLongint32768
Right option key bitLongint14
Right option key maskLongint16384
Right shift key bitLongint13
Right shift key maskLongint8192
Shift key bitLongint9Windows and OS X
Shift key maskLongint512Windows and OS X

For example, to simulate the Shift key, pass Shift key mask. If you do not pass modifiers, no modifiers are simulated.

If you specify the process parameter, the keystroke is sent to the process whose process number you pass in process. If you pass 0 (zero) or if you omit the parameter, the keystroke is sent at the application level, and the 4D scheduler will dispatch it to the appropriate process.

Example​

See example for the Process number command.

See also​

ASCII Codes
Function Key Codes
POST CLICK
POST EVENT