DataLoad Commands

DataLoad Command	Application Action(s)
TAB	Press the Tab key
ENT	Press the Enter key
*UP	Press the up arrow key
*DN	Press the down arrow key
*LT	Press the left arrow key
*RT	Press the right arrow key
*SAVE	Save the current record
*SP	Save & proceed
*FE	Open the field editor
*PB	Navigate to the previous block
*NB	Navigate to the next block
*PF	Navigate to the previous field
*NF	Navigate to the next field
*PR	Navigate to the previous record
*NR	Navigate to the next field
*IR	Insert a new record
*CL	Clears the form field but does not delete any data
*ER	Clears a record from the form fields but does not delete it
*DR	Delete the current record
*FR	Navigate to the first record
*LR	Navigate to the last record
*SB	Press the Spacebar. This is useful for toggling the setting of radio buttons and check boxes instead of using the mouse.
*ST	Select the entire field
*FI	Open the find window
*FA	Find all records
*QE	Put the form in to the query enter mode
*QR	Run a query when the form is in query enter mode
*BM	Open the block menu. This is used in Oracle E-Business to select the block or tab to which to navigate.
*AX	Sends the Alt + X keystroke where X is a single letter (A-Z). See Note 1

Note 1 In most applications the menus, buttons and other controls can usually be activated by using the Alt key combined with one other key. DataLoad provides *AX so that all possible Alt key combinations are available as a DataLoad command.

Built-in Commands

The following commands are built-in to DataLoad to provide additional functionality beyond sending data and keystrokes to applications. These commands cannot be edited or replaced in the commands window. The built-in commands are listed in the following table. Where available, please click the link on the command name for more information about using each command.

Command	Application Action(s)
*SLN or *SL(N)	Pause the load for N seconds
*CW(window)	Change to window window
*ML(coordinates)	Position the mouse at coordinates and press the left button
*MR(coordinates)	Position the mouse at coordinates and press the right button
*DL(coordinates)	Position the mouse at coordinates and double click the left button
PROMPT(message)	Prompt the user with message and wait for a response
PHP(function)	Calls a PHP function when Scripting used with a Macro load