I want to type :
using Java Robot. However, I'm getting an IllegalArgumentException
. My code is:
robot.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_SHIFT);
robot.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_COLON);
robot.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_COLON);
robot.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_SHIFT);
The exception is:
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Invalid key code.].
I also tried with:
robot.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_SHIFT);
robot.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_SEMICOLON);
robot.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_SEMICOLON);
robot.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_SHIFT);
How can I solve this problem?
try with this code :
robot.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_SHIFT);
robot.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_SEMICOLON);
robot.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_SEMICOLON);
robot.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_SHIFT);
As with the keyboard you enter : when you press shift + ;. the same you need to simulate.
Try running this code just to try out which works fine with above answer:
public class Test {
public static void main(String[] args) {
Robot robot;
try {
robot = new Robot();
robot.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_SHIFT);
robot.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_SEMICOLON);
robot.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_SEMICOLON);
robot.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_SHIFT);
} catch (AWTException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch bloc
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}