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Global send key and ALT (^) key stroke in Notepad

BernardTheroux — Fri, 26 May 2023 14:02:00 GMT

Hi

I try to use the ALT key in notepad like {ALT}+f "@f" to open the file menu. It doesnt work it just write @f in Notepad, but if I do {CTRL}+s "^s" to save the file it promt me with the window to save the file.

Can someone help me?

I'm developping with Blue Prism 7.1

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Bernard Theroux
Blue Prism Certified Developper
Bell Canada
Montréal, Qc, Canada
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RE: Global send key and ALT (^) key stroke in Notepad

MichealCharron — Fri, 26 May 2023 16:21:00 GMT

@BernardTheroux

I don't use send keys all that much but looking in the .Net Sendkeys documentation, it says that the "%" is used for the ALT key:

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Micheal Charron
Senior Manager
RBC
America/Toronto
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RE: Global send key and ALT (^) key stroke in Notepad

harish.mogulluri — Fri, 26 May 2023 21:34:00 GMT

Hi Bernard Theroux,

As mentioned for Shift(+), CTRL(^), Alt(%)

AlT+F - Try using "%{F}" it will open the file menu

Refer this Global send key documents for
https://community.blueprism.com/viewdocument/global-send-keys-a-guide-to-send

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