Keyboard.SendKeys Method (String, Boolean)

Sends keystrokes to generate the specified text string.

Namespace:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UITesting
Assembly:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UITesting (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UITesting.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Shared Sub SendKeys ( _
    text As String, _
    isEncoded As Boolean _
)

public static void SendKeys(
    string text,
    bool isEncoded
)

public:
static void SendKeys(
    String^ text, 
    bool isEncoded
)

static member SendKeys : 
        text:string * 
        isEncoded:bool -> unit 

public static function SendKeys(
    text : String, 
    isEncoded : boolean
)

Parameters

• text
  Type: System.String
  The text for which to generate keystrokes.

• isEncoded
  Type: System.Boolean
  true if the text is encoded; otherwise, false.

Remarks

The text may contain key modifiers.

• Control
  ^

• Shift
  +

• Alt
  %

• Windows
  #

To send a Control+A keyboard sequence, use SendKeys("^a").

To send a character that represents a key modifier, enclose the character in a pair of braces. For example, to send a plus sign, use SendKeys("{+}").

To send a brace, enclose the brace in a pair of curly braces. For example, to send an opening or closing brace, use SendKeys("{{}") or SendKeys("{}}"), respectively.

Alternatively, you can use a method that uses the ModifierKeys enumeration, such as the SendKeys method.

.NET Framework Security

• Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.

See Also

Reference

Keyboard Class

SendKeys Overload

Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UITesting Namespace

ModifierKeys

SendKeys