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Send key for ctrl 5
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one way that might work is to open the macro recorder within your EXTRA session and simulate the key press you want by doing it manually. Then view the code for the macro you just made and the code for the keystrikes you want should be there. Also, when you say you're using this in excel, do you mean its written in VBA or you are trying to do the ctrl+5 sequence in excel
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if im not mistaken, doesnt the control key just move the cursor down a line in the extra session. one first glance, it seems like you are trying to move the cursor down a row and then send the 5 key to the field the cursor moved to....is this correct or no, if not, please explain what you are using the ctrl key to do in the extra session. if it is correct you can avoid the ctrl key altogether by using the Sess0.Screen.MoveTo 10, 2 command. 10 is the row and 2 is the column you want the cursor moved to, you might have to do some screen mapping but that isint too hard
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i was lookin over your codes again, am i mistaken or do you need to surround keys like pressing enter wrapped in <Enter>. since this isint an actual character you are sending does wrapping it in <> help....as in
personally i do not use the ctrl key in my sessions because we use the page up/f1-12 keys to navigate through the screens
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Sess0.Screen.SendKeys ("<^5>")obfuscate
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nvmd my previous post, check this out
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its seems you will need to kind of fuse the information found in this document
with the one i linked carlier about the specific codes for control sequences to find the solution
i know it is not the exact same key press you want to send but it should be effective
with the one i linked carlier about the specific codes for control sequences to find the solution
i know it is not the exact same key press you want to send but it should be effective
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hi ptw78,
out of curiosity, did you record this in Extra macro recorder? and did it work?
i suspect if you code this in Excel Vba, then you would need to first use AppActivate Extra before you can evoke the Sess0.Screen.SendKeys ("^5")
zach
out of curiosity, did you record this in Extra macro recorder? and did it work?
i suspect if you code this in Excel Vba, then you would need to first use AppActivate Extra before you can evoke the Sess0.Screen.SendKeys ("^5")
zach
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Ctrl 5 is not a normal function of attachmate.
if it works to change screens then it was programmed
to do so by someone else.
Unless your using f5 instead of 5 then <^F5 or ^PF5>
could work if they were programmed to do a screen change.
Usually the F keys are programmed for these types of
functions.
if it works to change screens then it was programmed
to do so by someone else.
Unless your using f5 instead of 5 then <^F5 or ^PF5>
could work if they were programmed to do a screen change.
Usually the F keys are programmed for these types of
functions.
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