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Matthew Carse wrote:
> Can anyone help - we are running a Sparc 2 and want to be able to
> emulate keyboard presses in order to control an application unattended.
> 
> We are not able to get into the application directly and wondered
> whether anyone was aware of devices or techniques which can produce key
> strokes either through an inline box or via the serial port or other
> method
>

While browsing the net I came across a list of keyboards for disabled
people and/or to avoid RSI. As well as mentioning products for Sun
machines, it mentioned a system which used a PC and whatever keyboard
you like. You plug one end into the PC and the other end into the
keyboard socket of the Sun; whatever you type on the PC appears on the
Sun. You might be able to get into this system and make the PC send the
keycodes you require.


Are you running the application under X-Windows (aka OpenLook on a
Sparc 2) ? If so, you can probably find a program to run under
X-Windows, which sends events, and which the application will think are
keyboard presses. However, if the application is listening directly to
the keyboard, this will not work.

If you are running under X Windows, there is a new extension - RECORD -
which you might find useful since it allows you to make the keypresses.
mouse movements etc., record them in a file, and it will then replay
them to order.

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Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison		Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge
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