test(key){
    send "{key down}" ;no
    ; send "{%key% down}" ;no
    sleep 500
    send "{key up}"
}
test("w") ;test(w) doesnt work either as per the manual

Apparently the %key% variant works in ver 1 /

In ver 2 it says this works...obviously not working with send above tho:

if InStr(MyVar, "fox")
    MsgBox "The variable MyVar contains the word fox."

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