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Is there a way for me to get the X and Y values of a window in java? I read that I'll have to use runtime, since java can't mess directly, however I am not so sure of how to do this. Can anyone point me some links/tips on how to get this? To get the x and y position of "any other unrelated application" you're going to have to query the OS and that means likely using either JNI, JNA or some other scripting utility such as AutoIt (if Windows). I recommend either JNA or the scripting utility since both are much easier to use than JNI (in my limited experience), but to use them you'll need to

I want to convert a String into KeyEvent to do something like this : writeKeyboard(myBot,"abcd"); public void writeKeyboard(Robot bot, String st){ char[] arr = arr.toCharArray(); int i = arr.length(); int j = 0; int keycode; while (j<i) { keycode = arr[j].something; bot.keyPress(keycode); bot.keyRelease(keycode); j++; } } Adam Paynter I'm basically using a glorified switch statement. Simple and fast: import static java.awt.event.KeyEvent.*; public class Keyboard { private Robot robot; public static void main(String... args) throws Exception { Keyboard keyboard = new Keyboard(); keyboard.type(