Xdotool - Type Into Program

[Molock Jr, James]

Hello,

 

Is there anything wrong with the below that I am trying to use?  I am trying to use a script to auto launch a java program and then have xdotool enter the user name and password.  It tried working once but somehow it no longer is working.

 

java –jar timeclock.jar

sleep 5

xdotool type –window “tn5250 1.19m – eth100” username

xdotool search –name “tn5250 1.19m – eth100” key Tab

xdotool type –windows “tn5250 1.19m – eth100” password

xdotool search –name “tn5250 1.19m – eth100” key “Enter”

 

Isn’t that the correct format?

 

Thanks in advance,

 

               James Molock

        Senior System Technician

Jefferson Regional Medical Center

               mol...@jrmc.org

              870-541-7382 (opt 2)

 

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[Jordan Sissel]

I don't think your `type` command is correct. It should look similar to your 2nd and 4th lines that do search + key together.

I propose:

xdotool search --name “tn5250 1.19m – eth100” type username

And similarly for your 2nd type command:

xdotool search --name “tn5250 1.19m – eth100” type password

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[G.W. Haywood]

Hi there,

On Tue, 6 Sep 2016, Molock Jr, James wrote:

> Is there anything wrong with the below that I am trying to use? I
> am trying to use a script to auto launch a java program and then
> have xdotool enter the user name and password. It tried working
> once but somehow it no longer is working.
>

> java -jar timeclock.jar
> sleep 5
> xdotool type -window "tn5250 1.19m - eth100" username
> xdotool search -name "tn5250 1.19m - eth100" key Tab
> xdotool type -windows "tn5250 1.19m - eth100" password
> xdotool search -name "tn5250 1.19m - eth100" key "Enter"

>
> Isn't that the correct format?

When I needed to get a client't old, unsupported but much loved
Microsoft Office Keyboard to work with a Linux box I found that
for example

"xdotool key --clearmodifiers --delay 0 Control_L+X"

worked best for me for control keys.

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73,
Ged.