Send Keys
Description
It sends the specified Text to the current cursor position.
This activity requires an active display and an unlocked user session to simulate interactions with UI components successfully. For more detailed information, please refer to the relevant section in the Desktop Automation Notes.
Properties
Input
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Delay After – Delay time, in milliseconds, after executing the Activity. By default, it sets to 300 milliseconds.
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Delay Before – Delay time, in milliseconds, before the Activity begins execution. By default, it sets to 200 milliseconds.
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Text to send – The keys to send.
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Window Instance - Holds the window instance identified through Window Selector. You can also type in the window instance for automation.
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Search Parameters – Holds the information of the UI element identified through Element Selector. If no element is selected through Element Selector, then activity will consider currently focused element.
Misc
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DisplayName – The display name of the Activity.
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Private – Logs the variable and argument values at Verbose level when unchecked.
Optional
- Continue On Error – It Specifies whether the automation should continue even when the Activity throws an error. If True, the Activity continues without throwing any exceptions. If False, the Activity throws an exception. The default value is False.
Catches no error if this Activity is present inside the Try-Catch block and the value of this property is True.
Example
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