Keyboard access

[Harry]

How can I gain access to the keyboard so that I can feed output from
my ruby program into an application that only accepts input via the
keyboard?

I want the application to think the input is coming from the keyboard
when it is really coming from a ruby program output.

Thanks for any help.

 

[Harry]

I am using Windows2000.

 

[David Vallner]

D=C5=88a Nede=C4=BEa 02 Apr=C3=ADl 2006 10:39 Harry nap=C3=ADsal:

How can I gain access to the keyboard so that I can feed output from
my ruby program into an application that only accepts input via the
keyboard?

I want the application to think the input is coming from the keyboard
when it is really coming from a ruby program output.

Thanks for any help.

Is it a console or window application?

In the former case, a simple pipe should suffice, in the latter, you're=20
probably looking at using OLE to run the application from within Ruby and=20
fake keypresses using the Windows Scripting Host facilities.

David Vallner
Probably Wrong

 

[James Britt]

I am using Windows2000.

Go grab AutoItX, and script it from Ruby.

require 'win32ole'
app_window_title = "The App I Want To Type Into"
@au3 = WIN32OLE.new("AutoItX3.Control")
@au3.opt("WinTextMatchMode", 2)
@au3.Run( "C:\\Program Files\\SomeApp.exe" )
@au3.WinWaitActive( app_window_title )
@au3.Send( "Some text to type to the application" )


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[Harry]

I neglected to say that it is a windows application.
OLE was the answer.

Thanks for your help.

 

[Harry]

That was exactly what I was looking for.
I tried it out Monday morning and it worked.
Excellent!!

Thank you.