kbSend - Send text through the keyboard

This is a Windows command-line utility program, written in C#. It transfers text data through the keyboard input channel. It is used when the clipboard cannot be used to paste text or for simple automation scripts.

Example for sending a string to the Remote Desktop Client (mstsc.exe):

kbsend -text "abc" -windowTitle "Remote Desktop Connection"

Example for copying text from the clipboard to the Citrix Client:

kbsend -clipboard -windowExe "\CDViewer.exe" -charDelay 12 -lineDelay 125

Parameters

Input text

-text "..."
Text string passed as a parameter.
-clipboard
Text is read from the clipboard.
-file <fileName>
Text is read from a file.

Target window

-nextWindow
Moves the focus to the next window.
Windows Explorer windows are ignored.
This is the default.
-currentWindow
Keeps the current focus window.
-windowTitle "title substring"
Moves the focus to the window with the specified string in the title.
Case-insensitive substring search is used to compare the window titles.
-windowExe "exe file path substring"
Moves the focus to the window with the specified string in the EXE file path.
Case-insensitive substring search is used to compare the EXE file paths.

Misc. options

-charDelay <ms>
Delay per character in milliseconds.
Default is 1.
-lineDelay <ms>
Delay per line in milliseconds.
Default is 25.
-sendHomeKey
Sends HOME after ENTER when the previous line started with blanks.
This is necessary when line indent is inherited from the line above.
-sendEscKey
Sends ESC before ENTER at end of line.
This is necessary to close a popup e.g. for Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio.
-listWindows
Lists window titles and EXE file names of the desktop windows.
-help
Displays this help text.