> Interesting question from the JAWS scripting list. 

> Begin forwarded message:
> Subject: [jawsscripts] Faking the applications key
> Date: January 12, 2018 at 2:55:54 PM EST
> To: <jawsscri...@freelists.org>
> Reply-To: jawsscri...@freelists.org
> 
> Hi,
> 
> 
> I frequently run Jaws on a MacBook Pro, which has no applications key. I can
> obviously get around this problem by plugging in an external keyboard, but
> it keeps occurring to me that there must be a way of faking the scan code. I
> have a couple of applications that have functionality bound to the
> applications key that isn't supported when shift+F10 is used, so this isn't
> just an academic enquiry.
> 
> 
> 
> Has anybody ever had any success doing this? I've tried the obvious TypeKey
> and {ApplicationsKey} approaches within a script and I'm pretty sure I've
> tried SendMessage and PostMessage approaches, so I've either goofed or I'm
> missing the trick of it.
> 
> 
> 
> Any and all ideas gratefully received.
> 
> 
> 
> Best wishes.
> 
> 
> 
> Tim Burgess
> 

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