This list is not the recommended location for support of that Windows only package. The URL in the DESCRIPTION file has this to advise:
++++++++++++++++++ This package doesn't work on my computer! How can I make it work? Open aGitHub <https://github.com/ChiHangChen/KeyboardSimulator>issue and let us know what version of Windows you are using and what keyboard and mouse hardware you have connected. ++++++++++++++++++ -- David. On 7/5/20 3:16 PM, Sparks, John wrote: > Hi Jeff, > > Greatly appreciate your reply, but I don't quite understand it. > > Perhaps I should give a little more detail. > > For this example, I want to open notepad, then go to notepad and type > something in. So the program > > library(KeyboardSimulator) > setwd("C:/Users/JSparks/AppData/Roaming/Microsoft/Windows/Start > Menu/Programs/Accessories") > system2("Notepad",invisible=FALSE) > mouse.move(2423,236) > mouse.click() > keybd.type_string("Hello world!") > > would do this, but it does not advance passed the system2 command. > > Best wishes, > --JJS > > ________________________________ > From: Jeff Newmiller <jdnew...@dcn.davis.ca.us> > Sent: Sunday, July 5, 2020 5:08 PM > To: r-help@r-project.org <r-help@r-project.org>; Sparks, John > <jspa...@uic.edu>; R-help <r-help@r-project.org> > Subject: Re: [R] Opening Another Application in R Then Hangs > > Exit the application you started? > > On July 5, 2020 3:06:52 PM PDT, "Sparks, John" <jspa...@uic.edu> wrote: >> Hi R Helpers, >> >> I am trying to open another application from within R and then work >> with it. >> >> I can get the application to open, but R then hangs at that point >> (spinning blue circle in the middle of the screen) and my subsequent >> programming does not execute. >> >> Does anybody know how to get R to unlock? >> >> I am using Windows 10 and R4.0. >> >> The example below freezes R on my machine. >> >> Any guidance appreciated. Thanks. >> --John Sparks >> >> setwd("C:/Users/JSparks/AppData/Roaming/Microsoft/Windows/Start >> Menu/Programs/Accessories") >> system2("Notepad",invisible=FALSE) >> >> >> >> >> >> >> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >> >> ______________________________________________ >> R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >> PLEASE do read the posting guide >> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > -- > Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity. > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.