Simulate the actions of the standard Microsoft Windows supported keys on various applications and programs with the SendKeys component in the RPA Desktop Design Studio.

Before you begin

Role required: none

About this task

The standard Microsoft Windows keyboard provides many keyboard functions to perform various day-to-day tasks quickly and efficiently. For example, [Alt+A] can select all content on a file.
Note: You must specify the keyboard shortcuts within the square brackets []. For example, [Ctrl+A].

To see the various supported keys, see Supported keys and functions.

You can configure the properties for the SendKeys component. For more information about these properties, see Properties of keyboard components.

Procedure

  1. In the Toolbox pane, navigate to Utilities > Keyboard.
  2. Drag the SendKeys component to the Design surface.
  3. To configure the input fields, see Configure port properties.
  4. Connect the data and control ports of the SendKeys component to the corresponding ports of the other components as described in the following table.
    Port type Port name Data type Purpose of connection Mandatory?
    Data In keys String Takes keys that perform an action on the application. Yes
  5. (Optional) To test the component, under the DESIGN tab, click Run.