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**PRESS(**//string//**)**

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| **PRESS** | Places characters in the keyboard input buffer. |
| //string// | A string constant, variable, or expression. |

**PRESS** places characters in the Windows keyboard input buffer. The entire //string// is placed in the buffer. Once placed in the keyboard buffer, the //string// is processed just as if the user had typed in the data.

**Example:**

**IF LocalRequest = AddRecord       !On the way into a memo on adding a record**

** TempString = FORMAT(TODAY(),@D1) & ' ' & FORMAT(CLOCK(),@T4)**

** PRESS(TempString)                !Pre-load first line of memo with date and time**

**END**

**See Also:**

[[presskey  put a keystroke in the buffer .htm|PRESSKEY]]