Keyboard simulation in Java

Hello
How can I simulate a keystroke like Alt+Shift through java code?
Thanks,
Tomer

Hi,
:. I don't know what exactly you intend to accomplish. But, I have used the following code in order to simulate keys pressing inside a Java application.
      /* - - - Simulates TAB (java.awt.Event)
      EventQueue evtq = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getSystemEventQueue();
      evtq.postEvent( new KeyEvent(this, KeyEvent.KEY_PRESSED,
                      0, 0, KeyEvent.VK_TAB, KeyEvent.CHAR_UNDEFINED) );
      evtq.postEvent( new KeyEvent(this, KeyEvent.KEY_RELEASED,
                      0, 0, KeyEvent.VK_TAB, KeyEvent.CHAR_UNDEFINED) );
      /* - - - Simulates Shift+TAB (java.awt.Event)
      evtq.postEvent( new KeyEvent(this, KeyEvent.KEY_PRESSED, 0,
                      InputEvent.SHIFT_DOWN_MASK, KeyEvent.VK_TAB,
                      KeyEvent.CHAR_UNDEFINED) );
      evtq.postEvent( new KeyEvent(this, KeyEvent.KEY_RELEASED, 0,
                      InputEvent.SHIFT_DOWN_MASK, KeyEvent.VK_TAB,
                      KeyEvent.CHAR_UNDEFINED) );:. However, as far as I know to send keys to the whole OS you have to create a 'Hook' as described inside Win32API documentation. That's for Microsoft Windows naturaly.
Cheers.
Roque

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