Terminals

Send Keys to Terminal

This activity sends text to terminal as a series of keyboard characters typed one at a time (simulates human behavior), it is possible to send special characters.
Fill in the terminal name (Terminal Id). Fill in the Keystrokes textbox.

term_send_keys
Parameter nameParameter TypeIn/OutDescription
Alternative Scenario If FailedBooleanInputcheckbox; default is "on"
DisplayNameLiteralInputyou can change the name of activity for greater clarity of the scenario
KeystrokesStringInputstring of characters to be sent
Retry timeout [s]DoubleInputwaiting time until the activity will execute: 1. any negative value means try once, if you fail – set Result to False and finish activity; 2. “0” means try until you get the effect; 3. any positive value is time in seconds in which the activity will persist trying until successful or the time elapses, if failed – set Result to False and finish activity
Terminal nameStringInputcustom internal name for terminal, in order to use in Wizlink®
ResultBooleanOutputreturns the Boolean value: it will return True if no error is in activity, otherwise it will return False
Result CodeInt32OutputResult Code will return 0 if there is no error in activity, otherwise in most cases it will return 1, the extended result code will show only in several chosen activities