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Micro Focus Extra! SendKeys

KyleDensley — Sat, 06 Feb 2021 14:08:49 GMT

Hello!

I have been trying for hours to figure out how to send [clear] to our mainframe Micro Focus Extra! and I am having some trouble.

On the keyboard when I press the subtract key it clears the screen. I've looked up IBM sendkeys and have tried the following:

"{CLEAR}"
"{SUBTRACT}"
"{RESET}"
"-"
"{-}"

None of these seem to work. I receive an exception that says they are all unsupported keys.
The way we spied this object I have Send Keys and Send Key Events as options in the Nav stage. I've tried using both with no luck.. any help on this would be much appreciated!!

Also if there is a list somewhere that has all of the sendkeys for Microfocus Extra! for BP use that someone could provide that would amazing!

Thank you,
Kyle

Re: Micro Focus Extra! SendKeys

benny.poumoko-bafouatika — Mon, 08 Feb 2021 08:56:29 GMT

Hi

Please review the following KB article which discusses this very issue:

How do I send keys to a Mainframe application?

I hope this helps

Re: Micro Focus Extra! SendKeys

michaeloneil — Wed, 10 Feb 2021 17:45:44 GMT

Hi Kyle

I havent done much with Mainframe for a long time but if I remember right you should be able to use "{SPACE}" as an alternative way of clearing the text in the field but I could be wrong as I say its been a while since I automated mainframe. However if you are stuck I've attached the send keys doc which should help.

Hope this helps 🙂

Re: Micro Focus Extra! SendKeys

KyleDensley — Thu, 11 Feb 2021 00:23:09 GMT

Benny - I clicked on the link but it does not take me anywhere.

Michael - Thank you, that list is extremely helpful!