Thanks for the response Ken. After much Internet searching, I am coming to the conclusion that this is not possible from Windows or Linux (not even from shell).
:-( I did, however, find some useful things in XP that I didn't know existed: SerialKeys and SoftKeyboard :-) Some kind of payoff at least! John Rule > Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2004 22:15:13 -0700 > From: Ken Norris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: emulating the keyboard - Application control > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > Hi John, > > > Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2004 20:41:19 -0700 > > From: "John Rule" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: emulating the keyboard - Application control > > > > Is there a native way to emulate the keyboard in another application? For > > example, 'launching' another app, and then somehow sending commands to that > > application? Specifically, I had a customer ask me if they can control their > > Powerpoint presentation from Rev. I looked through the shell command set, > > and I do not see a way to do it from there... > ----------- > Well, if it's a Mac OS, and the application in question is scriptable via > AppleScript, i.e., it has an AS dictionary, then you can send it any of it's > available commands through AS, manipulate data from it in RR, etc. > > But if it's Windows, or a 'nix flavor, I'm afraid I have no clue. > > HTH, > Ken N. > _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
