https://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/docs/functions/ControlCommand.htm

That way the window wouldn't even have to be active, only existing!

https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/36943/how-do-i-automate-a-key-press-in-applescript

wscript c:\scripts\space.vbs

does it work on mac?

start /min /wait timeout 5 & calc

It waited 5 seconds, then ran calculator.

Does that work for you? If not, can you tell me what command you're trying?

I use them and it works great.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/se4b59gxgk43su2/Screenshot 2021-01-26 19.25.19.png?dl=0

The command looks exactly like yours:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/a1b2parwrkjf848/Screenshot 2021-01-26 19.20.48.png?dl=0

The F7 Button is a Hotkey for a Streaming Software called OBS to change the Scene. Does that matter?

Thanks for your help already

Here's my question though -- how does your VBS script send the keypress to the right window or, on your PC, is F7 being recognized by one program no matter what program is in the foreground?

Nircmd has a WIN feature which lets you activate a window so you could use it twice in a new script, once to activate the window and again to send the keypress.

Mine looks like this:

Also, does it work if you run the command from a cmd prompt?

They only thing I want is to let Triggercmd press F7.

I created a vbs file with

Dim Wsh
Set Wsh = Wscript.CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")
Wsh.SendKeys "{F7}"

in it. Safed it at

c:\scripts\key.vbs

Then I wrote this into the "Command" line: in TRIGGERcmd

wscript c:\scripts\key.vbs

Even if I ope the File manually it doesn't press F7. I have to say, I'm really new to this topic.
What did I do wrong?

Cheers
Arthur

https://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/docs/functions/WinActivate.htm

@Gerfesson-Alves-de-Oliveira, for this one I'd use AutoIT.

I like AutoIT because it can do almost anything in Windows, and it allows you to compile your script to a stand-alone .EXE file. After you install it, look for SciTE Script Editor, that's the actual AutoIT script editor.

You can see here how simple it is to make an AutoIT script that presses Windows+P:

Send("{LWINDOWN}") ; Holds the Windows key down
Send("{p}")       ; Presses the p key
Send("{LWINUP}") ; Releases the Windows key

This is a good reference page for pressing keys: https://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/docs/appendix/SendKeys.htm

I added:

Send("{LWINDOWN}") ; Holds the Windows key down
Send("{p}") ; Presses the p key
Send("{LWINUP}") ; Releases the Windows key
Send("{DOWN}")
Send("{DOWN}")
Send("{ENTER}")

but it didn't happen as expected (using AutoIt's F5), it applies the three commands in AutoIt's own window.

it's the first time I've seen and dealt with it, so sorry for any silly question.

space

@Andoni-Cantón, for space, you can use this script:

Dim Wsh
Set Wsh = Wscript.CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")
Wsh.SendKeys " "

You can run the script with this command:

wscript c:\scripts\space.vbs

I hope you do a youtube video showing it off.

The whole au3 document was this:

Send("{LWINDOWN}") ; Holds the Windows key down
Send("{p}") ; Presses the p key
Send("{LWINUP}") ; Releases the Windows key
sleep (500)
Send("{UP}") ; Presses Up arrow
Send("{ENTER}") ; Presses Enter
sleep(500)
ShellExecute("C:\Users\nosse\AppData\Local\Programs\Opera GX\launcher.exe")
ShellExecute("https://www.primevideo.com")
ShellExecute("https://www.netflix.com")
sleep (2000)
Send("^{TAB}") ; Presses Shift + Tab
Send("{CTRLDOWN}") ; Holds the CTRL key down
Send("{w}") ; Presses the w key
Send("{CTRLUP}") ; Releases the CTRL key
sleep (300)
Send("{ENTER}") ; Presses Enter
Send("{LWINDOWN}") ; Holds the Windows key down
Send("{SHIFTDOWN}") ; Holds the Left Shift key down
Send("{RIGHT}") ; Presses Right arrow
Send("{SHIFTUP}") ; Releases the Shift key
Send("{LWINUP}") ; Releases the Windows key

With this code I change the screen mode to extend the for my projector, open up a new opera window with netflix and prime video, close the opera's welcome window and finally put this new openned window to the second screen!

Now I'm going to do the reverse engineering! Thanks a lot once again

I like AutoIT because it can do almost anything in Windows, and it allows you to compile your script to a stand-alone .EXE file. After you install it, look for SciTE Script Editor, that's the actual AutoIT script editor.

You can see here how simple it is to make an AutoIT script that presses Windows+P:

Send("{LWINDOWN}") ; Holds the Windows key down
Send("{p}")       ; Presses the p key
Send("{LWINUP}") ; Releases the Windows key

This is a good reference page for pressing keys: https://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/docs/appendix/SendKeys.htm

Send, !1

! means hold the ALT key (while pressing 1). You can see examples like this in the Tutorial page in AutoHotKey's help.

My TRIGGERcmd command is this: start d:\tools\AutoHotKey\pressAlt1.ahk

Let me know if you need me to do a video on this.