SendRawKey
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SendRawKey

Wrapper around keybd_event. Allows sending low-level keys.

SendRawKey( $virtualkey, $flags );

$virtualkey

- any of the VK_* constants

$flags

Can be 0, KEYEVENTF_EXTENDEDKEY, KEYEVENTF_KEYUP or a combination of them

The second argument can be 0, KEYEVENTF_EXTENDEDKEY, KEYEVENTF_KEYUP or a combination of them. Meaning of these flags is as follows:

KEYEVENTF_EXTENDEDKEY

Means it is an extended key (i.e. to distinguish between arrow keys on the numeric keypad and elsewhere).

KEYEVENTF_KEYUP

Means keyup. Unspecified means keydown.

Example 9.16. How should I title this one???

    use Win32::GuiTest qw/:FUNC :VK/;

    while(1) {
        SendRawKey(VK_DOWN, KEYEVENTF_EXTENDEDKEY); 
        SendKeys "{PAUSE 200}";
    }
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