Emulating keystroke question

[bastik]

I installed EventGhost today. Stable first, but then I had to switch to the latest beta because a plugin couldn't be loaded correctly.

EventGhost Version: 0.3.6.1487
SVN Revision: 626
Python Version: 2.5.2 final 0
wxPython Version: 2.8.9.1
PIL Version: 1.1.6
Platform: Windows-XP-5.1.2600-SP3

First of all I need to say that I don't have a remote control. Currently it's for testing only.

I wanted to control an application with Shift+Right (and Shift+Left). It didn't work, so I did a simple test. I opened the editor (notepad). Created a macro to find that window and simulate keystrokes buy typing 123. (works) Simulating keystrokes with {Shift+Left} after 123 does the cursor move one step left but does not mark the 3 like it does if I do it manually.

{Shift+Home} does also not work as expected. The cursor is at the beginning but nothing is highlighted. The question now is how do I simulate a keystroke like Shift (still holding Shift) and pressing arrow left correctly? Where is my mistake?

Also sending {Ctrl+Alt+Delete} to explorer or any other application doesn't has any effect. Normally the task-manager should appear regardless of the application this combination of keys is sent to.

Thank you in advance for your help. (Happy New Year!)

[Bartman]

Sending keystrokes isn't a preferably way to control applications.
I get the same problems with notepad but can control Ultraedit just fine.
The Ctrl+Alt+Delete Shortcut is probably not processed by an application but gets caught by windows before.

[bastik]

The Ctrl+Alt+Delete Shortcut is probably not processed by an application but gets caught by windows before.

Thank you for your reply.

If windows would get or caught this key the task manager should open, but nothing happens.

The win key does also not work correctly in my opinion. Pressing the Win key (manually) once makes the start menu appear, pressing it again makes it disappear. Sending (simulating) it once makes it appear. Sending (simulating) it again doesn't make it disappear.

EDIT: something that reacts on keystrokes normally should be controllable with simulated ones. (I don't want to mark or highlight text with eventghost, just a test) Any other way to control an application that reacts on key strokes?

[Bartman]

If windows would get or caught this key the task manager should open, but nothing happens.

The emulating keystrokes directly sends the combination to the application. So there is no possibility for windows to intercept this.

[bastik]

The emulating keystrokes directly sends the combination to the application. So there is no possibility for windows to intercept this.

We forget the Ctrl+Alt+Del thing. I thought it would be a good test, but I was wrong. It was just a test. I don't need this combination.

EDIT: What I need are SHIFT+LEFT, SHIFT+RIGHT, CTRL+SHIFT+SPACE and some other combinations. If those things don't work I don't need a remote control. I wanted to try it before I buy one. If I do something wrong OK, but if it does not work... a remote control is useless.

[jitterjames]

those combinations should work just fine. you may need to "find" the window first if it's on in focus so that eventghost can send the key combo to the correct application.