Refresh buttons?

[trevenGuest]

I am using this program to keep a pc awake that we have an excel file displayed that constantly changes information. Is there a way to make the program press ctrl + alt + f5 to refresh the excel workbook every minute? currently its pressing f5 virtual button, can you do multiple buttons and does it virtual button have the same effect as regular keys?

Thank you!

[GuestGuest]

You can take a look at this post :
https://zhornsoftware.forumotion.com/t388-caffeine-key-combination

Is there no excel macro for autorefreshing ? Maybe google can help for a solution .

A program can decide to accept simulated keys or not , also you cannot send keys to a program that runs at with higher permissions than the sending program.

Code:

$k= New-Object -com "Wscript.Shell"
$a=30

while($true)
{
$k.sendkeys("^%{F5}")
Start-Sleep -seconds $a
}

You can use windows Powershell to send keys , you can google it for syntax and how to use .

^  is ctrl
% is alt