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February 28, 2012Repackaging

AppShadow: Side-by-side components the other way

Side-by-side components the other way Important This article contains information about modifying the registry. Before you modify the registry, make sure to back it up and make sure that you understand how to restore the registry if a problem occurs. For information about how to back up, restore, and edit the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 256986 Description of the Microsoft Windows Registry Abstract Ever wanted to run some legacy Access 97 application side by side with the latest Microsoft Office suite? Or ever wondered why you cannot install different […]

February 28, 2012Scripting

Microsoft Windows 2000 Scripting Guide – Sending Keystrokes to a Program

Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Scripting Guide By providing scripts with access to most COM objects, WSH enables you to automate applications that have a COM-based object model. Unfortunately, some applications, especially older ones, do not have a COM-based object model. To automate these applications, WSH provides a way to send keystrokes to these applications. When you use the WshShell SendKeys method to send keystrokes to an application, your script mimics a human typing on the keyboard. To send a single keyboard character, you pass SendKeys the character itself as a string argument. For example, "x" to send the letter x. To […]