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------------------  Queue Keystrokes Utility -------------------
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                  ---     Version 1.0     ---
                  ---    5 April 1998     ---


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---  Introduction  ---
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This utility program allows you to queue keystrokes in the DOS
key buffer. It uses key mnemonics identical to those used by 
the built-in macro application.

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---  Installing QKeys  ---
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Copy the following file to your HP-200LX:

    file          description
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    qkeys.exe     Keystroke queuing utility 


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---  Using QKeys  ---
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QKeys is not intended to be used from the command line (i.e.
at the DOS prompt). It is intended to be used in a batch
file. The syntax is quite simple:

  qkeys [keylist]

where [keylist] is one or more key mnemonics. The key
mnemonics used by QKeys are identical to those used by
the built-in macro application. For character keys, it
is simply those characters. For non-character keys, it
is a keyname enclosed in curly braces "{}". So, for
example, to queue a key sequence to start the phonebook
application and search for the name "Baggins", you
would use:

  qkeys {phone}{f10}{f10}baggins{enter}

The {f10}{f10} is in case there is a record open in 
and you are editing a note. Any excess {f10}
keystrokes will cause no harm. {enter} is needed to
exit locate mode. As you can see, case is unimportant
within key mnemonics.

You can determine the mnemonics used for any keystroke
by recording a macro consisting of that keystroke, and
then opening the macro application to see what the 
mnemonic was.

There is one exception to using a character to represent
that character: you must use the mnemonic {space} to
represent the space character.


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---  Notes  ---
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There are other programs that perform similar functions
to QKeys. Some are more robust, and most are smaller
than QKeys. I wrote QKeys to be easy to use, by using
key mnemonics identical to those used by the built-in
macro application. Other programs use either scancodes
or somewhat, er, non-intuitive mnemonics.

Personally, the utility I prefer, and the one I use, is
"keystuff" by Craig Payne. Keystuff is freeware, works
excellently, and comes with the source. It's only
drawback is that the key menmonics are hard to remember.
It is distributed as kstuff.zip. Look for it at

   http://www.palmtop.com/super.html

Another good utility, even smaller than kstuff, is
"stuff" by David Goodman. This one requires you to know
the scancodes for the keys you want to queue.

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---  Version History  ---
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Version 1.0 - dated 5 April 1998

    * Initial release.


Eugene Dorr
Internet: edorr@pobox.com

