KEY-FAKE                               Charles Petzold
          Command                                         No. 12

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          Purpose:  Supplies the series of keystrokes needed to
                    initialize an application program on boot-up.

          Format:   KEY-FAKE ["xyz"] [nn] [0] [@F]
                    Programname

                    Characters typed within a pair of single or
                    double quotes ("xyz") are normal ASCII-
                    character keystrokes.  Numbers (nn) not in
                    quote marks are ASCII decimal codes, e.g., 13
                    (Enter), 26 (Ctrl-Z), or 27 (Esc).  Numbers
                    preceded by @ are the extended ASCII decimal
                    codes (128 through 255) generated by the Alt
                    keys, cursor keys, Ins and Del keys, and the
                    Function keys (e.g., @61 is the F3
                    keystroke).  The 0 is used with programs that
                    check the keyboard buffer (it tells such
                    programs the buffer is clear, so the programs
                    will treat the succeeding keystroke
                    separately).

          Remarks:  KEY-FAKE is of greatest use in batch files
                    used to call up application programs.  For
                    example, to enter Lotus's 1-2-3 and set it
                    for File Retrieve, the following .BAT file
                    would be appropriate:

                    CD \LOTUS
                    KEY-FAKE 0 13 0 13 0 13 0 13 0 13 "/FR"
                    LOTUS

                    This takes you past the necessary initial
                    carriage returns and /FR command without
                    having to type them in each time.

                    Similarly, if each time you enter BASICA you
                    want to have a blue border, blue background,
                    and yellow letters, you would create a batch
                    file, B.BAT, containing the lines

                    KEY-FAKE "COLOR 14,1,1" 13 "CLS" 13
                    BASICA

                    Notes:

                    1.   The keystroke sequence stored by KEY-
                         FAKE is limited to 124 characters and
                         must be on one continuous command line.
                         Keystrokes not supported by PC BIOS
                         (e.g., Alt-Home) cannot be stored.

                    2.   Programs such as XyWrite II that get
                         keyboard information directly from the
                         hardware keyboard interrupt will bypass
                         KEY-FAKE.  KEY-FAKE will also not work
                         well when you are on-line using a
                         communications program.
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                    3.   KEY-FAKE is memory resident, but can be
                         executed multiple times in the same
                         session without reloading.  However, if
                         nested batch files cause it to be re-
                         invoked before its initially stored
                         keystroke sequence has been exhausted,
                         the remaining initial keystrokes will be
                         lost.