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Keystrokes

In Forms Data Loader you can send keystrokes to the target application by entering the "\" as the starting letter. FDL recognizes a cell as keystroke if the cell contains as back slash "\" in the first position. For Example to send ALT and F keystroke enter \%F to send "ALT-FV" enter \%FV. 

To specify characters that aren't displayed when you press a key, such as ENTER or TAB, and keys that represent actions rather than characters, use the codes shown below:

Key Code
BACKSPACE \{BACKSPACE}, \{BS}, or \{BKSP}
BREAK \{BREAK}
CAPS LOCK \{CAPSLOCK}
DEL or DELETE \{DELETE} or \{DEL}
DOWN ARROW \{DOWN}
END \{END}
ENTER  \{ENTER}or ~
ESC \{ESC}
HELP \{HELP}
HOME \{HOME}
INS or INSERT \{INSERT} or \{INS}
LEFT ARROW \{LEFT}
NUM LOCK \{NUMLOCK}
PAGE DOWN \{PGDN}
PAGE UP \{PGUP}
PRINT SCREEN \{PRTSC}
RIGHT ARROW \{RIGHT}
SCROLL LOCK \{SCROLLLOCK}
TAB \{TAB}
UP ARROW \{UP}
F1 \{F1}
F2 \{F2}
F3 \{F3}
F4 \{F4}
F5 \{F5}
F6 \{F6}
F7 \{F7}
F8 \{F8}
F9 \{F9}
F10 \{F10}
F11 \{F11}
F12 \{F12}
F13 \{F13}
F14 \{F14}
F15 \{F15}
F16 \{F16}

To specify keys combined with any combination of the SHIFT, CTRL, and ALT keys, precede the key code with one or more of the following codes:

Key

Code

SHIFT

+

CTRL

^

ALT

%

To specify that any combination of SHIFT, CTRL, and ALT should be held down while several other keys are pressed, enclose the code for those keys in parentheses. For example, to specify to hold down SHIFT while E and C are pressed, use "\+(EC)". To specify to hold down SHIFT while E is pressed, followed by C without SHIFT, use "\+EC".

To specify repeating keys, use the form {key number}. You must put a space between key and number. For example, \{LEFT 42} means press the LEFT ARROW key 42 times; \{h 10} means press H 10 times

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