I use Quickeys to do some automation outside of Filemaker. I want to have Filemaker send a command that will run a Quickey script, and haven't been able to solve it. I'm thinking that writing a VBscript is my only solution.

Has anyone had any experience with using them together? Any suggested programs that can be used to write a VBscript?

Thanks for any help!

Can a quickkeys script be saved as a .exe file? You can use the send event script step to open any file or program. I have had success using the AutoIt scripting language. It's a lot like winbatch but it's free.

No, with Quickeys, there is a file in the task tray that waits for Hotkeys to be pressed. It has an option to make shortcut bars, and those are internal to Quickeys, nothing I can send messages to from Filemaker.

I wanted to use the Send Message script step, however, I don't know how to initiate an F-key action. I saw a VBscript in another post that used that specific command. That's what gave me the idea. I think it was called "whs"

I'm clueless to what that is though.

I use WinBatch, which I know can do what you want. In the non-exe version, its fairly inexpensive, and can do a whole lot with minimal learning. And its quicker to develop in than VB is.

Steve

Did you see "whs" or was it actually "wsh?"

WSH is Windows Scripting Host. It allows you to program Windows actions using VBscript. It can be very powerful. Look for the docs at MSDN.

Kurt