IVMVirtualMachine::Keyboard property

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The Keyboard property contains the keyboard device for the virtual machine.

This property is read-only.

Syntax

HRESULT get_Keyboard(
  [out] IVMKeyboard **keyboard
);

VB 
VMVirtualMachine.Keyboard( _
  ByRef keyboard _
)

Property value

The VMKeyboard object associated with this virtual machine.

This property value is read-only.

Error codes

Name Meaning
S_OK
 The operation was successful.
E_POINTER
 The keyboard parameter is NULL.
VM_E_VM_UNKNOWN
 The configuration is unknown.
DISP_E_EXCEPTION
 An unexpected error has occurred.

Examples

The following example accesses the VMKeyboard object of a VMVirtualMachine object and sends a text string to the VM.

Set objVS = CreateObject("VirtualServer.Application")
Set objVM = objVS.FindVirtualMachine("Windows Server 2003")
Set objKeyboard = objVM.Keyboard

Wscript.Echo "VM Name: " & objVM.Name
Wscript.Echo "  Sending Hello World"
objKeyboard.TypeAsciiText("Hello World")

Requirements
Product
 Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 onWindows Server 2003
Download
 Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 Update onWindows Server 2008orWindows Server 2003
Header
VsComInterfaces.h

See also

IVMVirtualMachine