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kbSend - Send text through the keyboard

This is a Windows command-line utility program, written in C#. It transfers text data through the keyboard input channel. It is used when the clipboard cannot be used to paste text or for simple automation scripts.

Example for sending a string to the Remote Desktop Client (mstsc.exe):

kbsend -text "abc" -windowTitle "Remote Desktop Connection"

Example for copying text from the clipboard to the Citrix Client:

kbsend -clipboard -windowExe "\CDViewer.exe" -charDelay 12 -lineDelay 125

Parameters

Input text

-text "..."
   Text string passed as a parameter.
-clipboard
   Text is read from the clipboard.
-file <fileName>
   Text is read from a file.

Target window

-nextWindow
   Moves the focus to the next window.
   Windows Explorer windows are ignored.
   This is the default.
-currentWindow
   Keeps the current focus window.
-windowTitle "title substring"
   Moves the focus to the window with the specified string in the title.
   Case-insensitive substring search is used to compare the window titles.
-windowExe "exe file path substring"
   Moves the focus to the window with the specified string in the EXE file path.
   Case-insensitive substring search is used to compare the EXE file paths.

Misc. options

-charDelay <ms>
   Delay per character in milliseconds.
   Default is 1.
-lineDelay <ms>
   Delay per line in milliseconds.
   Default is 25.
-sendHomeKey
   Sends HOME after ENTER when the previous line started with blanks.
   This is necessary when line indent is inherited from the line above.
-sendEscKey
   Sends ESC before ENTER at end of line.
   This is necessary to close a popup e.g. for Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio.
-listWindows
   Lists window titles and EXE file names of the desktop windows.
-help
   Displays this help text.