SendKeys

SendKeys is a small software application designed specifically for helping you send one or multiple keystrokes to a program.

Portable running mode

You can take advantage of the tool’s portable status and run it on your system by simply opening the executable file (there’s no setup included in the process).
You may store it on USB flash drives or other portable devices and carry it with you. Uninstalling it means deleting the files that you have downloaded from the Internet.

Command-line GUI

You can control the utility via the command-line panel. Although it’s not difficult to configure the program’s features, you need to have previous knowledge about inputting command-line parameters.
There’s support for a help manual that includes only a few short descriptions about how to make the most of the tool’s features.

How it works

SendKeys gives you the possibility to send keystrokes to another application just as if you were typing data in the active window.
What’s more, you are allowed to provide information about name of the window (window’s title) and file from where it reads the keystrokes, retrieve the window’s handle from the INI file, specify the delay time between each sent keystroke (in milliseconds), enter the window’s handle to use, as well as show the help file.
SendKeys doesn’t eat up a lot of CPU and memory, so the overall performance of the computer is not hampered.

Bottom line

All things considered, SendKeys provides a simple software solution for helping you send one or more keys to an active window. On the downside, it hasn’t been updated for a while, so you can make use of its capabilities by installing it especially on older operating systems, such as Windows 2K, XP, Vista and 7.