I used to use a product called "Macro Scheduler" (http://www.mjtnet.com/). It uses a scripting language that's no more complex than DOS's batch language. Despite the name, what it really does is send simulated key strokes and mouse commands to the Windows OS (by that, I mean it does EXACTLY what you are looking for, as long as the DOS window is the selected window). If you don't register, there's a 15 second delay before a script begins (!@#$ shareware). I even wrote a perl script once to spit out Macro Scheduler scripts; don't ask me for it, I can't find it.
I've been looking for something similar in Win32 based perl for years now. I don't think it's out there. This can be really powerful stuff. I once wrote a script that sent a changing sequence of keystrokes thousands of times to a CAD program and generated a complex multi-layered electronic circuit. It would have taken days by hand. Even so, I could have written the script 10 times faster in perl than it took me to do it in Macro Scheduler's hamstrung language. Any of you gurus out there have an idea how to implement something like this? NT --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Hi, > > I'm trying to get perl to give input to a dos program. Here's a description of > what I want it to do: > > 1. I want to have perl kick off a dos program that doesn't accept command line > parameters. > 2. The Dos program, that perl will have started, will then prompt the user for > input like "Enter Name:" > 3. I want Perl to fill in what the program is asking for on the screen, and > then send a carriage return. > > Any ideas? > > Thanks in advance, > Jeff > > > _______________________________________________ > Perl-Win32-Users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/listinfo/perl-win32-users __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Check out Yahoo! Shopping and Yahoo! Auctions for all of your unique holiday gifts! Buy at http://shopping.yahoo.com or bid at http://auctions.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/listinfo/perl-win32-users
