Key press before a QTP/UFT action.

At times there are situations where we need to hold a key (or key combination) before performing another action say click, select etc.

Here is a code example to press Alt+Ctrl+Shift before clicking an object.

Set deviceReplay = CreateObject("Mercury.DeviceReplay")
deviceReplay.KeyDown 29 ‘ ASCII for Ctrl key
deviceReplay.KeyDown 56 ‘ ASCII for Alt key

deviceReplay.KeyDown 42 ‘ ASCII for SHIFT key

Browser().Page().WebElement().Click

‘ Don’t forget to release the key oterwise it will continue to be pressed.

deviceReplay.KeyUp 29

deviceReplay.KeyUp 56
deviceReplay.KeyUp 42

That’s it. Happy coding!!