User guide

32 DOMINION KX USER GUIDE
Keyboard Macros
Dominion KX’s Keyboard Macro feature ensures that keystroke combinations intended for the target server
are sent to, and interpreted only by, the target server. Otherwise, they might be interpreted by the computer
on which RRC is running.
Ctrl+Alt+Delete Macro
Due to its frequent use, a Ctrl+Alt+Delete macro has been pre-programmed into RRC.
Send Ctrl+Alt+Del Sends a Ctrl+Alt+Delete macro to the target server.
Clicking on the Ctrl+Alt+Delete shortcut in the RRC Toolbar sends this key sequence to the server or
KVM switch to which you are currently connected. In contrast, if you were to physically press the
Ctrl+Alt+Delete keys while using RRC, the command would first be intercepted by your own PC due to the
structure of the Windows operating system, instead of sending the key sequence to the target server as
intended.
Building a Keyboard Macro
These directions describe how to create a keyboard macro for the Windows command Minimize All
Windows/Show Desktop. Follow these steps, substituting the appropriate key combination for the
command you want, to create your own macro.
For example: In Windows, pressing a keyboard macro is a shortcut that sends a command to your PC.
When connected to a target server with RRC, a keyboard macro is one means to accomplish this task on the
target server – because pressing the key combination results in your own client PC intercepting the
command and performing it – instead of sending the command to the target server as intended.
1. On the Keyboard menu, click Keyboard Macros.
2. When the Keyboard Macros window appears, click [Add] to add a new macro. The Add Keyboard
Macro window appears.
Figure 32 Add Keyboard Macro Window
3. Build the Keyboard Macro by editing the fields in the Add Keyboard Macro window:
a) Type a name in the Keyboard Macro Name field. This name will appear on the RRC Menu Bar
after the macro is created. In this example, type Minimize All Windows.
b) Optional: In the Hot-Key Combination field, type a keyboard combination. This allows you to
execute the macro from your keyboard when RRC is running. In this example, press the <Ctrl>
<Alt> and number <1> keys (<Ctrl+Alt+1>).