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   Kenny McCormack to jj4public@outlook.com   
   Re: Simulating a key input to an externa   
   13 May 24 06:33:50   
   
   From: gazelle@shell.xmission.com   
      
   In article <1or1eg2md449q$.akq8fn17bncm.dlg@40tude.net>,   
   JJ   wrote:   
   >On Sun, 12 May 2024 18:20:37 -0400, Tom Del Rosso wrote:   
   >> Is there a way to give an *external* command "any key" input without   
   >> using a macro utility?   
   ...   
   >You can borrow Windows Script Host via VBScript to generate keypresses using   
   >`WScript.Shell` object's `SendKeys` function.   
      
   Isn't that pretty much using a "macro utility"?   
      
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