SendKeys

[Jezza]

I have a run.bat file that opens up an application, once that application is open I want to send the command Ctrl+P to it.
The only way I can think of doing this is to use the VB Script below where I run the batch file, wait a period of time (1000 for the moment) to allow connections to be made and then use SendKeys to pass Ctrl+P but it tells me a Object Required: WshShell

Any ideas how to send the key command once the application is active in the window?

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dim shell
set shell=createobject("wscript.shell")
shell.run "run.bat"

WScript.Sleep 1000 
WshShell.SendKeys "^P" 'This is the problem bit

set shell=nothing

[HansV]

You already create a Shell object named shell, so instead of WshShell.SendKeys, use shell.SendKeys

[Jezza]

Whoops, thanks Hans

I have also realised the batch file was not returning so I prefixed it with Start