Alt, Ctrl and Shift keys are pressed while script execution : Automation API

[dal]

Hi Team,

While script execution, we have observed that the keyboard keys like ALT / CTRL / SHIFT was pressed.
Because of this the unexpected script execution is getting performed.

If we hit those keys again (manually) the control is getting released.
(Observed this behavior very randomly)

Can you please suggest, why/where there is a disconnect?

Regards,
Dal...

[Ciege]

Is there somewhere in your code where you are pressing those keys? Maybe using a keydown but never using a keyup? That is such a broad question that without seeing your code or running it in debug it would be extremely difficult to answer that question.
That being said, my code uses the keyboard and combination keys quite often and I have never seen an instance where a key was left in a keydown state unless I wanted it to be.

[Support Team]

Do you use the debugger to run your automation executable and do you have some breakpoints that the execution is halted in? If you have a Keyboard.AbortKey set and you happen to hit any of these keys when halting in a breakpoint, the keys may get stuck. That's the only combination of causes we currently know to reproduce that issue (and unfortunately we have not found a way to fix this issue, yet).

Regards,
Alex
Ranorex Team

[dal]

Hi Alex,

Yes we do use some breakpoints while executing the scripts, even the Program.vb has the following statement:

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Keyboard.AbortKey = System.Windows.Forms.Keys.Pause

If I delete this statement from the script is there any impact while executing the script / executing the script in debug mode?

Regards,
Dal...

[Support Team]

Hi,

if you delete this line of code the abort key simply won't work any longer for your project.

Regards,
Tobias
Support Team