SENDKEY Command

[SENDKEY(token,token)]
Sends keystrokes to Personal Communications, where: 
    token = text string|command|macro macroname
Note:
  • Text strings are enclosed in double quotation marks.
  • Macros are prefixed with “macro”.
  • The argument string for SENDKEY must be 255 characters or less.
  • The following commands are supported.

Table 1. SENDKEY Command List
Command Name Token PC/3270 PC400
Alternate Cursor alt cursor Yes Yes
Alternate Viewing Mode alt view Yes Yes
Attention sys attn Yes Yes
Backspace backspace Yes Yes
Back Tab backtab Yes Yes
Backtab Word backtab word Yes Yes
Character Advance character advance No Yes
Character Backspace backspace valid No Yes
Clear Screen clear Yes Yes
Clicker click Yes Yes
Color Blue blue Yes No
Color Field Inherit field color Yes No
Color Green green Yes No
Color Pink pink Yes No
Color Red red Yes No
Color Turquoise turquoise Yes No
Color White white Yes No
Color Yellow yellow Yes No
Cursor Blink cursor blink Yes Yes
Cursor Down down Yes Yes
Cursor Left left Yes Yes
Cursor Right right Yes Yes
Cursor Select cursor select Yes Yes
Cursor Up up Yes Yes
Delete Character delete char Yes Yes
Delete Word delete word Yes Yes
Device Cancel device cancel Yes Yes
Dup Field dup Yes Yes
Edit Clear edit-clear Yes Yes
Edit Copy edit-copy Yes Yes
Edit Cut edit-cut Yes Yes
Edit Paste edit-paste Yes Yes
Edit Undo edit-undo Yes Yes
End Field end field Yes Yes
Enter enter Yes Yes
Erase EOF erase eof Yes Yes
Erase Field erase field Yes No
Erase Input erase input Yes Yes
Fast Cursor Down fast down Yes Yes
Fast Cursor Left fast left Yes Yes
Fast Cursor Right fast right Yes Yes
Fast Cursor Up fast up Yes Yes
Field Exit field exit No Yes
Field Mark field mark Yes Yes
Field + field + No Yes
Field - field - No Yes
Graphic Cursor +cr Yes No
Help help Yes Yes
Highlighting Field Inherit field hilight Yes No
Highlighting Reverse reverse Yes No
Highlighting Underscore underscore Yes No
Home home Yes Yes
Host Print host print Yes No
Input input Yes Yes
Input nondisplay input nd Yes Yes
Insert Toggle insert Yes Yes
Lower case to lower Yes No
Mark Down mark down Yes Yes
Mark Left mark left Yes Yes
Mark Right mark right Yes Yes
Mark Up mark up Yes Yes
Move Mark Down move down Yes Yes
Move Mark Left move left Yes Yes
Move Mark Right move right Yes Yes
Move Mark Up move up Yes Yes
New Line newline Yes Yes
Next Page page down No Yes
Pause 1 second pause Yes Yes
Previous Page page up No Yes
Print Screen local copy Yes Yes
Program Attention Key 1 pa1 Yes No
Program Attention Key 2 pa2 Yes No
Program Attention Key 3 pa3 Yes No
Program Function Key 1 ⋮ Program Function Key 24 pf1 ⋮ pf24 Yes ⋮ X Yes ⋮ X
Quit quit Yes Yes
Reset reset Yes Yes
Response Time Monitor rtm Yes No
Roll Down roll down No Yes
Roll Up roll up No Yes
Rubout rubout Yes Yes
Rule rule Yes Yes
SO/SI Display so si Yes Yes
SO/SI Generate so si generate No Yes
System Request sys req Yes Yes
Tab Field tab field Yes Yes
Tab Word tab word Yes Yes
Test test request No Yes
Unmark unmark Yes Yes
Upper case to upper Yes No
Upper/Lower Change to other Yes No
Wait for bind wait app Yes Yes
Wait for System wait sys Yes Yes
Wait transition wait trn Yes Yes
Wait while input inh. wait inp inh Yes Yes
Window Relocation 1 ⋮ Window Relocation 8 view 1 ⋮ view 8 Yes ⋮ X Yes ⋮ X
Examples:
  1. To logon 
    [SENDKEY("Logon")]
  2. To get reader list 
    [SENDKEY("RDRL", enter)]