Simple method to select all/deselect all from LotusScript

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This code snippet demonstrates using the Windows API to perform Edit->Select All and Edit->Deselect All actions from the Notes edit menu. You can change the arguments being passed to the subroutine keybd_event to simulate other keyboard actions.

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Place in declarations:

Place in shared action or wherever desired:

For example, the following snippet of code would invoke the open database dialog:

Users must be careful, however; if the last line of code, to lift up the Alt key, is not included, the keyboard will continue to function as if the Alt key is being held down.

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This method doesn't work with different Notes client languages. The sequence of keys is different.

-- Anonymous

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Great workaround for SendKeys(). I just want to know, if Andrew Young can do this in a few lines of code why can't Lotus make SendKeys...

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() work in the Notes client? Good work, Andrew.

-- Dale F.

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The tip is good, but it's not NLS portable. The Windows key events are dependent on the NLS version of the Notes client.

-- Jesus M.

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The Select All code could be minimized a little more by bypassing the Edit menu, and using CTRL+A instead. No big difference, but a few less lines.

Unfortunately, Notes does not have a Deselect all key.

-- Anonymous

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It does not work if you open another window after "deselect all" [e.g., UIWorkspace.ComposeDocument(...)].

-- Irina E.

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I just created a Smarticon to have a deselect icon with this code: Works great. Of course, this is done after doing a CTRL-A to select all.

-- Anonymous

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