Chapter 7. Running Any Program Via Remote Control with the Robot

The Robot.

Ever want to run some program by remote control? Ever get into one of those cases where you're just doing the same thing over and over in a program? Ever wish you could run a program late at night—and not have to be there?

The answer is this chapter's project, the Robot. The Robot lets you run other programs by remote control, no matter what kind of programs they are. Using the Robot, you can control another program by sending keystrokes and mouse actions to it. You can even capture the screen when in the middle of some operation so you have a visual record of what happened. ...

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