Read a string and write to a cursor...

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wcswanson

Read a string and write to a cursor...

in Programming Questions • 3 years ago

The following routine shows the captal letters as lower case instead of upper case and a lower case "g" as a 7:

for (int i=0; i<s.length(); i++)
    {
      robot.keyPress((int)s.charAt(i));
       robot.delay(150);
     }

The purpose for this routine is to take the input string and place it were the cursor is at (i.e. where the cursor is blinking). Is there a way to use keyTyped and the VT_ + s.charAt(i) instead?

The OS is Windows XP.

Thanks!

Bill

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PhiLho

Re: Read a string and write to a cursor...

3 years ago

What is this robot thingy? And s? Why don't you use the Processing keyboard routines? Can you explain the plan at a higher level?

wcswanson

Re: Read a string and write to a cursor...

3 years ago

I will try to climb a few feet up. The application that I am writing is to take a string of data in from a USB port and to write it to a cursor. I have it working to a clipboard, but the cursor (using the robot thing) is producing lower case letters instead of upper case and lower case letters end up as a number. I.E.' A' becomes an 'a' and a 'g' becomes a 7.

try

{ robot = new Robot(); }

catch (Throwable t)

{

t.printStackTrace();

exit(); // If there is an exception here, we might as well exit

}

void writeToCursor(String s)

{

for (int i=0; i<s.length(); i++)

{

//log("writeToCursor(String): " + s.charAt(i) + " = " + (int)s.charAt(i));

robot.keyPress((int)s.charAt(i));

robot.delay(150);

}

Is there a way to pass crtl-v to the robot? This way the data would come off the clipboard instead of the keyPress. The s.charAt(i) is producing the right data, except for coming out the other end

PhiLho

Re: Read a string and write to a cursor...

3 years ago

Do you mean you want to control another program?
keyPress takes a key code: see the example, using KeyEvent.VK_A to send A.

I suggest to use a better tool for such control, like AutoHotkey or AutoIt...

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