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kingmatte
New Contributor
9 years ago

How do I simulate holding down spacebar?

I'm trying to record a script that holds down the spacebar and does a region check while the spacebar is held down. Is this possible? I wasn't able to find anything in the Help documents about the sp...
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    HKosova
    9 years ago

    I believe Keys releases all keys pressed when it finishes. You probably need KeyDown / KeyUp:

     

    myObj.SetFocus();
Sys.Desktop.KeyDown(Win32API.VK_SPACE);
// ... do something
Sys.Desktop.KeyUp(Win32API.VK_SPACE);
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djadhav
Regular Contributor

Keys(" ") should help you simulate the spacebar key.

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kingmatte
New Contributor
9 years ago

That's true, it does, but I haven't been able to get it to function as a continually pressed key. For instance:

 

"[Hold] "

 

and

 

"[Hold]" + " "

 

don't work. Any other ideas?