SikuliX

Unable to type '_' and capital letters in VNC screen

Asked by Tom Vandenbroeck

I made a script in SikuliX to run on a 'headless' VNC.
When I try to execute commands with capital letters in it or use the underscore, I end up with lower case letters and with '-' (hyphen).

Here is my code:

vncScreen = edu.unh.iol.dlc.VNCScreen.start(ipAddress, vncPort, 10, 10000);
vncScreen.type("myCommand_to_execute", Keyl.ENTER);

output on VNCScreen is:

mycommand-to-execute

It looks like the SHIFT is not pressed correctly when using the VNCScreen.

Can anyone help me with this?

Thanks

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Tom Vandenbroeck (tomvdb) said : 		#1

Has anyone else seen this problem?

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TestMechanic (ndinev) said : 		#2

I am not sure if you are using type command correctly. Why ENTER is used as modifier?

Here is type command definition

type([PSMRL, ]text[, modifiers])
Type the text at the current focused input field or at a click point specified by PSMRL.

Parameters:
PSMRL – a pattern, a string, a match, a region or a location that evaluates to a click point.
modifiers – one or more modifier keys (Class Key)

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Tom Vandenbroeck (tomvdb) said : 		#3

I'm using the following command in my script (ENTER is not used as a modifier):

vncScreen = edu.unh.iol.dlc.VNCScreen.start(ipAddress, vncPort, 10, 10000);
vncScreen.type("myCommand_to_execute" + Key.ENTER);

I don't know why it was not copied correctly to this page.

Sorry for the confusion

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TestMechanic (ndinev) said : 		#4

I do not have any experience with VNC module so I am trying to generate ideas here :-)

1. Could you try to use keyModifier.SHIFT and see what will happen?
2. On the servers side is there any VNC server option that you can experiment with?

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) said : 		#5

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RaiMan (raimund-hocke) said : 		#6

please try out the new VNC implementation with the latest SikuliX 1.1.1

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Tom Vandenbroeck (tomvdb) said : 		#7

Hello Raiman,

Thank for the answer.

I was already using the latest SikuliX 1.1.1 version, as my colleague did the implementation for the new VNC implementation.

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RaiMan (raimund-hocke) said : 		#8

LOL, than your colleague should be able to fix the problem ;-)

... all the best to you both.