Spacebar key

[M_Zubair]

Is there way to pass spacebar key to UI element in blueprism 5.0

[david.l.morris · Accepted solution]

Hi, Use Send Keys with an input of "" "". Dave

[LeonardoMalaqui]

Genius

[JennaSchnizlein]

Hi Dave,
Do you know if there is a way to use the spacebar with another action?  I'm trying to use Ctrl+Spacebar in an Excel file to highlight an entire column (which has blanks) not pullin into BP, because it's too large, it kept crashing my stuff.  Hoping there is a quick fix here.  I've tried to put in a navigate stage and also to build together in a calc stage.  Nothing is working.  

Thanks for any assistance you can provide!
Jenna

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Jenna Schnizlein
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[NicholasZejdlik]

Use this expression: "^ "

^ is the special character for Ctrl when using send keys. The other special keys for send keys can be found here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.windows.forms.sendkeys?view=netcore-3.1

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Nicholas Zejdlik
RPA Developer
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[JennaSchnizlein]

Hi Nicholas,

I tried that first.  It doesn't work.

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Jenna Schnizlein
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[james.man]

If send keys aren't working, you might want to try send key events.  A guide on how to use them is here: https://portal.blueprism.com/documents/guide-send-keys-and-send-key-events

I imagine the syntax for send key events would be something like: <{CTRL}{SPACE}>{CTRL}

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James Man
Professional Services
Blue Prism
Asia/Hong_Kong
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