SENDKEY Command

[SENDKEY(token,token)]

Sends keystrokes to Personal Communications, where:

    token = text string|command|macro macroname

Note:

Text strings are enclosed in double quotation marks.
Macros are prefixed with “macro”.
The argument string for SENDKEY must be 255 characters or fewer.
The following commands are supported.

Table 1. SENDKEY Command List
Command Name	Token	PC/3270	PC400	VT
Alternate Cursor	alt cursor	Yes	Yes	No
Alternate Viewing Mode	alt view	Yes	Yes	No
Attention	sys attn	Yes	Yes	No
Backspace	backspace	Yes	Yes	Yes
Back Tab	backtab	Yes	Yes	No
Backtab Word	backtab word	Yes	Yes	No
Character Advance	character advance	No	Yes	No
Character Backspace	backspace valid	No	Yes	No
Clear Screen	clear	Yes	Yes	No
Clicker	click	Yes	Yes	No
Color Blue	blue	Yes	No	No
Color Field Inherit	field color	Yes	No	No
Color Green	green	Yes	No	No
Color Pink	pink	Yes	No	No
Color Red	red	Yes	No	No
Color Turquoise	turquoise	Yes	No	No
Color White	white	Yes	No	No
Color Yellow	yellow	Yes	No	No
Cursor Blink	cursor blink	Yes	Yes	No
Cursor Down	down	Yes	Yes	Yes
Cursor Left	left	Yes	Yes	Yes
Cursor Right	right	Yes	Yes	Yes
Cursor Select	cursor select	Yes	Yes	No
Cursor Up	up	Yes	Yes	Yes
Delete Character	delete char	Yes	Yes	No
Delete Word	delete word	Yes	Yes	No
Device Cancel	device cancel	Yes	Yes	No
Dup Field	dup	Yes	Yes	No
Edit Clear	edit-clear	Yes	Yes	Yes
Edit Copy	edit-copy	Yes	Yes	Yes
Edit Cut	edit-cut	Yes	Yes	Yes
Edit Paste	edit-paste	Yes	Yes	Yes
Edit Undo	edit-undo	Yes	Yes	Yes
End Field	end field	Yes	Yes	No
Enter	enter	Yes	Yes	No
Erase EOF	erase eof	Yes	Yes	No
Erase Field	erase field	Yes	No	No
Erase Input	erase input	Yes	Yes	No
Fast Cursor Down	fast down	Yes	Yes	No
Fast Cursor Left	fast left	Yes	Yes	No
Fast Cursor Right	fast right	Yes	Yes	No
Fast Cursor Up	fast up	Yes	Yes	No
Field Exit	field exit	No	Yes	No
Field Mark	field mark	Yes	Yes	No
Field +	field +	No	Yes	No
Field -	field -	No	Yes	No
Graphic Cursor	+cr	Yes	No	No
Help	help	Yes	Yes	No
Highlighting Field Inherit	field hilight	Yes	No	No
Highlighting Reverse	reverse	Yes	No	No
Highlighting Underscore	underscore	Yes	No	No
Home	home	Yes	Yes	No
Host Print	host print	Yes	No	No
Input	input	Yes	Yes	No
Input nondisplay	input nd	Yes	Yes	No
Insert Toggle	insert	Yes	Yes	No
Lower case	to lower	Yes	No	No
Mark Down	mark down	Yes	Yes	Yes
Mark Left	mark left	Yes	Yes	Yes
Mark Right	mark right	Yes	Yes	Yes
Mark Up	mark up	Yes	Yes	Yes
Move Mark Down	move down	Yes	Yes	Yes
Move Mark Left	move left	Yes	Yes	Yes
Move Mark Right	move right	Yes	Yes	Yes
Move Mark Up	move up	Yes	Yes	Yes
New Line	newline	Yes	Yes	Yes
Next Page	page down	No	Yes	No
Pause 1 second	pause	Yes	Yes	No
Previous Page	page up	No	Yes	No
Print Screen	local copy	Yes	Yes	Yes
Program Attention Key 1	pa1	Yes	No	No
Program Attention Key 2	pa2	Yes	No	No
Program Attention Key 3	pa3	Yes	No	No
Program Function Key 1 ⋮ Program Function Key 5	pf1 ⋮ pf5	Yes ⋮ Yes	Yes ⋮ Yes	No⋮ No
Program Function Key 6⋮ Program Function Key 20	pf6 ⋮ pf20	Yes ⋮ Yes	Yes ⋮ Yes	Yes⋮ Yes
Program Function Key 21⋮ Program Function Key 24	pf21 ⋮ pf24	Yes ⋮ Yes	Yes ⋮ Yes	No⋮ No
Quit	quit	Yes	Yes	No
Reset	reset	Yes	Yes	No
Response Time Monitor	rtm	Yes	No	No
Roll Down	roll down	No	Yes	No
Roll Up	roll up	No	Yes	No
Rubout	rubout	Yes	Yes	Yes
Rule	rule	Yes	Yes	Yes
SO/SI Display	so si	Yes	Yes	No
SO/SI Generate	so si generate	No	Yes	No
System Request	sys req	Yes	Yes	No
Tab Field	tab field	Yes	Yes	Yes
Tab Word	tab word	Yes	Yes	No
Test	test request	No	Yes	No
Unmark	unmark	Yes	Yes	Yes
Upper case	to upper	Yes	No	No
Upper/Lower Change	to other	Yes	No	No
Wait for bind	wait app	Yes	Yes	No
Wait for System	wait sys	Yes	Yes	No
Wait transition	wait trn	Yes	Yes	No
Wait while input inh.	wait inp inh	Yes	Yes	No
Window Relocation 1 ⋮ Window Relocation 8	view 1 ⋮view 8	Yes ⋮ X	Yes ⋮ X	Yes ⋮ X
VT compose	vt compose	No	No	Yes
VT find	vt find	No	No	Yes
VT hold screen	vt hold	No	No	Yes
VT insert here	vt insert	No	No	Yes
VT next screen	vt next	No	No	Yes
VT numeric keypad 0	vt numpad 0	No	No	Yes
VT numeric keypad 1	vt numpad 1	No	No	Yes
VT numeric keypad 2	vt numpad 2	No	No	Yes
VT numeric keypad 3	vt numpad 3	No	No	Yes
VT numeric keypad 4	vt numpad 4	No	No	Yes
VT numeric keypad 5	vt numpad 5	No	No	Yes
VT numeric keypad 6	vt numpad 6	No	No	Yes
VT numeric keypad 7	vt numpad 7	No	No	Yes
VT numeric keypad 8	vt numpad 8	No	No	Yes
VT numeric keypad 9	vt numpad 9	No	No	Yes
VT numeric keypad -	vt numpad minus	No	No	Yes
VT numeric keypad ,	vt numpad comma	No	No	Yes
VT numeric keypad .	vt numpad period	No	No	Yes
VT numeric keypad enter	vt numpad enter	No	No	Yes
VT PF1	vt pf1	No	No	Yes
VT PF2	vt pf2	No	No	Yes
VT PF3	vt pf3	No	No	Yes
VT PF4	vt pf4	No	No	Yes
VT prev. screen	vt prev	No	No	Yes
VT remove	vt remove	No	No	Yes
VT select	vt select	No	No	Yes
VT user defined function 6	vt user f6	No	No	Yes
VT user defined function 7	vt user f7	No	No	Yes
VT user defined function 8	vt user f8	No	No	Yes
VT user defined function 9	vt user f9	No	No	Yes
VT user defined function 10	vt user f10	No	No	Yes
VT user defined function 11	vt user f11	No	No	Yes
VT user defined function 12	vt 12	No	No	Yes
VT user defined function 13	vt user f13	No	No	Yes
VT user defined function 14	vt user f14	No	No	Yes
VT user defined function 15	vt user f15	No	No	Yes
VT user defined function 16	vt user f16	No	No	Yes
VT user defined function 17	vt user f17	No	No	Yes
VT user defined function 18	vt user f18	No	No	Yes
VT user defined function 19	vt user f19	No	No	Yes
VT user defined function 20	vt user f20	No	No	Yes

Examples:

To logon
```
[SENDKEY("Logon")]
```
To get reader list
```
[SENDKEY("RDRL", enter)]
```