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**PRESSKEY(**//keycode//**)**

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| **PRESSKEY** | Places one keystroke in the keyboard input buffer. |
| //keycode// | An integer constant or keycode EQUATE label. |

**PRESSKEY** places one keystroke in the Windows keyboard input buffer. Once placed in the keyboard buffer, the //keycode// is processed just as if the user had pressed the key. ALIAS does not transform a PRESSKEY //keycode//.

**Example:**

**IF Action = 'Add'      !On the way into a memo control on an add record**

** Cus:MemoControl = FORMAT(TODAY(),@D1) & ' ' & FORMAT(CLOCK(),@T4)**

**                       !Pre-load first line of memo with date and time**

** PRESSKEY(EnterKey)    !and position user on second line**

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**See Also:**

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