Posted: January 30 2004 at 13:45 | IP Logged

In the manual, page 36...

"{alt+F4}" should work.

Tony

Posted: February 25 2004 at 16:53 | IP Logged

Ok - I got a stumper... in a test scenario, I thought it would be cool to have my office PC shoo away unauthorized visitors. So, when I leave for the night I set a global var to 1 which 'arms' my system. I then have a motion sensor that when motion is detected, waits 15 seconds for a dis-arm, if not, it fires on my desk lamps and using TTS, instructs the visitor to leave the office at once.

The problem is when I arm the system. I currently have a macro (triggered by a  remote) that announces the systems is armed and sets the global variable. I also want it to do a send keys to lock my PC for me. To do this, I need to send a Ctrl-Alt-Delete, and then send a 'k'. However, I can not get

ph_sendkeys("{ctrl+alt+delete}k")

to work at all. Any suggestions?

Thank you - Robert

Posted: February 25 2004 at 17:59 | IP Logged

robert,

Are you trying to send crtl-alt-del K at the same time...

If not I bleive you have to make those two different lines.....
And if power home used the same syntex as VB then isnt it going to be

ph_sendkeys("^%{del}"),true
ph_sendkeys("K)

^ = ctrl
and % = alt

Todd

Posted: February 25 2004 at 18:57 | IP Logged

Robert,

Well, the Control-Alt-Delete combination cant be simulated with a Sendkeys.  You've got the right syntax if it could, but from the research Ive done on the web, this just doesnt work.

However, I do know how you can do it.  Use the following formula:

ph_run("Rundll32.exe user32.dll,LockWorkStation")

This will automatically lock your workstation down.

Hope this helps,

Dave.

Posted: February 26 2004 at 00:05 | IP Logged

AWESOME! ph_run("Rundll32.exe user32.dll,LockWorkStation") is exactly what I needed! Thank you!

Posted: February 26 2004 at 10:05 | IP Logged

Robert,

Glad it worked.  Just let me know if you have any other questions like that and I'll be glad to help.

Dave.

Posted: February 26 2004 at 10:39 | IP Logged

Robert,

Thats an easy one...Just create a macro with an ID of STARTUP.  This macro is automatically executed anytime PowerHome is started.

The next release will also run any macro labeled SHUTDOWN when PowerHome is shutdown.

Dave.

Posted: February 26 2004 at 13:10 | IP Logged

"The next release will also run any macro labeled SHUTDOWN when PowerHome is shutdown"

Darn good idea!

Posted: June 09 2004 at 10:34 | IP Logged

When using sendkeys, the application that you are trying to control must have focus.  You want to do this with the switchto macro command or formula function.  An example using formulas is below:

ph_switchto("Title of the Sage Window",1) + ph_sendkeys("{downarrow}{downarrow}{enter}")

The above formula will give the Sage Window focus and then simulate the down arrow key being pressed twice followed by the enter key.  When using the ph_switchto function, you can search either by the title of the window or the class name.  You can use various freeware utilities found on the web to find out the class name of a window.  If you do search by classname, the second parameter must be a 0.

HTH,

Dave.