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#.SYNOPSIS
#   Demos use of SendKeys(), Start-Sleep, and AppActivate().
#.NOTES
#   Updated: 2.Jun.2012
#   Version: 2.1
#   Author: Jason Fossen (BlueTeamPowerShell.com)
#   Legal: 0BSD
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# Create the famous oWshShell object used in many VBScripts.
$oWshShell = New-Object -COMobject "WScript.Shell" -Strict 2>$Null

# Now just to do something fun....  But also notice that parentheses (()), the
# tilde character (~), the percentage sign (%), the power sign (^), and the plus
# sign (+) must be placed inside of curly brackets into order to be sent to the
# application because these characters are meaningful to the SendKeys() method.
notepad.exe
Start-Sleep -seconds 1

# And, again, the following Sleep commands are just for effect.  Otherwise, the
# picture would show up so fast as to appear to have been from a file that was opened.
$Result = $oWshShell.AppActivate("Untitled")
$oWshShell.SendKeys("{ENTER}")
$oWshShell.SendKeys("        /\_/\")
Start-Sleep -milliseconds 300
$oWshShell.SendKeys("{ENTER}")
$oWshShell.SendKeys("       / 0 0 \")
Start-Sleep -milliseconds 300
$oWshShell.SendKeys("{ENTER}")
$oWshShell.SendKeys("      ====v====")
Start-Sleep -milliseconds 300
$oWshShell.SendKeys("{ENTER}")
$oWshShell.SendKeys("       \  W  /")
Start-Sleep -milliseconds 300
$oWshShell.SendKeys("{ENTER}")
$oWshShell.SendKeys("       |     |     _")
Start-Sleep -milliseconds 300
$oWshShell.SendKeys("{ENTER}")
$oWshShell.SendKeys("       / ___ \    /")
Start-Sleep -milliseconds 300
$oWshShell.SendKeys("{ENTER}")
$oWshShell.SendKeys("      / /   \ \  |")
Start-Sleep -milliseconds 300
$oWshShell.SendKeys("{ENTER}")
$oWshShell.SendKeys("     {(}{(}{(}-----{)}{)}{)}-'") # Notice the curly brackets.
Start-Sleep -milliseconds 300
$oWshShell.SendKeys("{ENTER}")
$oWshShell.SendKeys("     /         \")
Start-Sleep -milliseconds 300
$oWshShell.SendKeys("{ENTER}")
$oWshShell.SendKeys("     {(}      ___{)}") # More curly brackets.
Start-Sleep -milliseconds 300
$oWshShell.SendKeys("{ENTER}")
$oWshShell.SendKeys("      \__.=|___E")
Start-Sleep -milliseconds 300
$oWshShell.SendKeys("{ENTER}")
$oWshShell.SendKeys("             /")
$oWshShell.SendKeys("{ENTER}")
Start-Sleep -seconds 2
$oWshShell.SendKeys("%{F4}")  # To close Notepad.
$oWshShell.SendKeys("%N")     # To say No to saving.


# The following is the syntax for sending special keystrokes with SendKeys().
# Shift Key      +
# Ctrl Key       ^
# Alt Key        %
# Backspace      {BACKSPACE}, {BS} or {BKSP}
# Break          {BREAK}
# Caps Lock      {CAPSLOCK}
# Delete         {DELETE} or {DEL}
# Cursor Up      {UP}
# Cursor Down    {DOWN}
# Cursor Right   {RIGHT}
# Cursor Left    {LEFT}
# End            {END}
# Enter          {ENTER} or ~
# Esc            {ESC}
# Home           {HOME}
# Insert         {INSERT} or {INS}
# Num Lock       {NUMLOCK}
# Page Down      {PGDN}
# Page Up        {PGUP}
# Scroll Lock    {SCROLLOCK}
# Tab            {TAB}
# F1, F2, F3...  {F1}, {F2}, {F3}...
# 
# To close a program, use Alt-F4 = %{F4}
# 
# To access menu commands, look for the underlined letters on the menus, then
# enter Alt-letter, e.g., %F to pull down the File menu, then %X to Exit.
# 
# Note: It's not possible to script Ctrl-Alt-Del.
# 
# To hold down one key and press others, the symbol for the held key should
# be followed with parentheses in which the other keys should be listed.  For 
# example, to send Shift-A-B, enter +(AB), or to send Alt-C-D-E, enter %(CDE).
# 
# To repeat a keystroke multiple times, inside curley brackets place the keystroke,
# a space character, and the multiple number.  For example, to enter the letter R
# tenty times, use {R 20}.