# Function Reference

ControlSend

Sends a string of characters to a control.

ControlSend ( "title", "text", controlID, "string" [, flag] )

Parameters

title | The title of the window to access.
text | The text of the window to access.
controlID | The control to interact with. See Controls.
string | String of characters to send to the control.
flag | [optional] Changes how "keys" is processed: flag = 0 (default), Text contains special characters like + to indicate SHIFT and {LEFT} to indicate left arrow. flag = 1, keys are sent raw.

Return Value

Success: | Returns 1.
Failure: | Returns 0 if window/control is not found.

Remarks

ControlSend works in a similar way to Send but it can send key strokes directly to a window/control, rather than just to the active window.
ControlSend is only unreliable for command prompts as that works differently to normal windows (seems to check physical states rather than accepting the keystroke messages). For normal windows ControlSend should be way more reliable than a normal Send - and yes it does send shift, ctrl, alt etc.

Related

ControlCommand, Send

Example

ControlSend("Untitled", "", "Edit1", "This is a line of text in the notepad window")