Send Keys in Powershell alt+n {TAB} {ENTER}

Question

Am in process of automating the daily download of a zip file from secure site. Script is ready which uses the internet explorer to login and go to the required location and

Answer 1

To emulate send keys you want to use System.Windows.Forms.SendKeys class.

The plus sign (+), caret (^), percent sign (%), tilde (~), and parentheses () have special meanings to SendKeys. To specify one of these characters, enclose it within braces ({})

In your case, according to documentation, code sample should look like:

Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Windows.Forms
[System.Windows.Forms.SendKeys]::SendWait("%n{TAB}{ENTER}")

Where:

• % stands for ALT button;
• n stands for n button;
• {TAB} stands for TAB button;
• {ENTER} stands for ENTER button.

Please follow the documentation page to can see complete list of available options here.