How to pass a keystroke sequence to an appliction

[mortalus]

Newbie here. Not sure exactly how to accomplish this. I have a APP called Frank DeLoupe that I used to pick colors for photo editing work. I have created a workflow that will launch the application just fine. My dilema is that once they app is started I need the command sequence of CTRL + Q to get the application to actually enter into picking mode. I've looked over a lot of forum posts but have not seen anything definitive. Can anyone in the community point me in the right direction?

[Carlos-Sz]

In AppleScript, considering the app is running:

tell application "System Events"
	tell process "Frank DeLoupe"
		keystroke "q" using control down
	end tell
end tell

or if it is a system wide hotkey:

tell application "System Events"
	keystroke "q" using control down
end tell

Edited May 19, 2013 by Carlos-Sz

[mortalus]

@Carlos-Sz, yep that worked like a champ. Thanks!

[Carlos-Sz]

@Carlos-Sz, yep that worked like a champ. Thanks!

 

Great!