Re: how to add <Enter> on a new line in a .bat file

From: JW (JustPostYourReply_at_ToTheNewsGroup.pls)
Date: 06/02/04 

Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2004 17:53:24 -0500

P.S. forgot to mention that I'm obviously new in this newsgroup.
This newbie would greatly appreciate any tidbits of advice.

"JW" <JustPostYourReply@ToTheNewsGroup.pls> wrote in message
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How can I add a line in a .bat file, that will send the <Enter> key ? Hope
this is not a dumb question. I tried pressing Enter on a blank line in the
.bat file, but as I imagined, it behaved like a line with nothing on it.
What I'm trying to do is use the Startup folder to automatically Synchronize
an Active Desktop item, by running a .bat file that runs Mobsync.exe,
followed by sending an <Enter> keystroke. Sending the Alt+S keystroke
combination would also achieve the desire effect.

I also tried and failed to locate any Help for Mobsync, that would show me a
parameter to achieve the same desired effect. I already know an
alternative. I can go out, and download a keystroke recorder program, which
I will eventually do anyway for more complex macros. But if at all
possible, I would like to learn how to do it in a .bat file. Sometimes,
Quick and Dirty is simpler. Thanks for your help.

I came here from the XP Basics newsgroup, where the response was a VBscript
program. Problem with that is, when I want to do something similar again
someday, I don't want to go asking somebody to write me another VBscript
program.

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