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thanks, i didn't notice that - will definitely check it out. (and favourite is British English spelling ) Thanks everyone for the input!

I just took a look at AutoIt... and it looks perfect to what i want to accomplish. thank you asbo! I still would like to know if such a think is possible in LV - just for knowledge base.

I want the Labview GUI to be the main screen though. The actual software should be only in the background (where the operator doesn't see it). I want the operator to see only pass/fail. simulating keystrokes or mouse click event effects labview - not the running software.

Hi, I'm working on a project which needs to interface with a exe file which does functional testing on PCBs. I do not have the source code. I know that any exe can be controlled via command window, however i want to know if there are any other ways... The idea is to automate the process. Currently to run through the whole process the operator needs to click on a "continue" button several times. Instead of doing this, I want to simulate keystrokes of tab+tab+space on Labview. Can i redirect the keystrokes to effect the software running and not Labview? Thanks! LSH