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Send keys. Cannot send the character "

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Hello everyone. I have a desktop app text field that needs to receive the text "SELINA QUITO", I'm using Send Keys, but PAD writes SELINA QUITO" ommiting the first character, does not matter if I put it explictly or in a variable. Please help.

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  • trice602 Profile Picture
    16,277 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

    Hi @npazymino ,

     

    Please try {""}SELINA QUITO{""} .

     

     

  • Nived_Nambiar Profile Picture
    18,138 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

    Hi @npazymino 

     

    You can use Populate text field in window action to populate a input field, see the format below

    Nived_Nambiar_0-1697262310524.png

     

    Here i am passing "Nived" text to excel cell (for demo purpose) above.

     

    Hope this helps !

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  • Nived_Nambiar Profile Picture
    18,138 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

    Hi @npazymino 

     

    You can use Populate text field in window action to populate a input field, see the format below

    Nived_Nambiar_0-1697262310524.png

     

    Here i am passing "Nived" text to excel cell (for demo purpose) above.

     

    Hope this helps !

    Thanks & Regards,

    Nived N 🚀

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  • npazymino Profile Picture
    20 on at

    That is exactly what I'm doing and somehow the first quote does not get typed. Thanks anyway.

  • npazymino Profile Picture
    20 on at

    Not working either with that tweak. I'll try something else.

  • Nived_Nambiar Profile Picture
    18,138 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

    Hi @npazymino 

     

    When you are manually trying, is it not skipping first quote ?

     

  • Agnius Bartninkas Profile Picture
    Most Valuable Professional on at

    It might be because the field is not active and the first keystroke being sent does not get passed properly. Try using Focus text field in window action before trying to send keys, or try to add an extra character (like a whitespace) in the beginning to work around the issue.

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  • npazymino Profile Picture
    20 on at

    Only PAD misses the first quote. I can type everyhting in the text box manually.

  • npazymino Profile Picture
    20 on at

    I tried both and still PAD misses to type the first quote.

  • Nived_Nambiar Profile Picture
    18,138 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

    well this seems strange, do one thing, could you use send keys /populate text to pass " and see whether it is populating it or not ?

    Thanks & Regards,

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