) script, text cannot be control characters (such as ^j)? 
P.S.: how can the function be modified so that it CAN accept control chars? 
ConsoleSend("^j", WinTitle="", WinText="", ExcludeTitle="", ExcludeText="")
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; http://www.autohotkey.com/board/topic/25446-consolesend/
; Sends text to a console's input stream. WinTitle may specify any window in
; the target process. Since each process may be attached to only one console,
; ConsoleSend fails if the script is already attached to a console.
ConsoleSend(text, WinTitle="", WinText="", ExcludeTitle="", ExcludeText="")
{
WinGet, pid, PID, %WinTitle%, %WinText%, %ExcludeTitle%, %ExcludeText%
if !pid
return false, ErrorLevel:="window"
; Attach to the console belonging to %WinTitle%'s process.
if !DllCall("AttachConsole", "uint", pid)
return false, ErrorLevel:="AttachConsole"
hConIn := DllCall("CreateFile", "str", "CONIN$", "uint", 0xC0000000
, "uint", 0x3, "uint", 0, "uint", 0x3, "uint", 0, "uint", 0)
if hConIn = -1
return false, ErrorLevel:="CreateFile"
VarSetCapacity(ir, 24, 0) ; ir := new INPUT_RECORD
NumPut(1, ir, 0, "UShort") ; ir.EventType := KEY_EVENT
NumPut(1, ir, 8, "UShort") ; ir.KeyEvent.wRepeatCount := 1
; wVirtualKeyCode, wVirtualScanCode and dwControlKeyState are not needed,
; so are left at the default value of zero.
Loop, Parse, text ; for each character in text
{
NumPut(Asc(A_LoopField), ir, 14, "UShort")
NumPut(true, ir, 4, "Int") ; ir.KeyEvent.bKeyDown := true
gosub ConsoleSendWrite
NumPut(false, ir, 4, "Int") ; ir.KeyEvent.bKeyDown := false
gosub ConsoleSendWrite
}
gosub ConsoleSendCleanup
return true
ConsoleSendWrite:
if ! DllCall("WriteConsoleInput", "uint", hconin, "uint", &ir, "uint", 1, "uint*", 0)
{
gosub ConsoleSendCleanup
return false, ErrorLevel:="WriteConsoleInput"
}
return
ConsoleSendCleanup:
if (hConIn!="" && hConIn!=-1)
DllCall("CloseHandle", "uint", hConIn)
; Detach from %WinTitle%'s console.
DllCall("FreeConsole")
return
}
/*
Example:
ConsoleSend("Hooray, it works!", "ahk_class ConsoleWindowClass")
The main advantage of this over ControlSend is explained by the help file:
By default, modifier keystrokes (Control, Alt, Shift, and Win) are sent as they normally would be by the Send command. This allows command prompt and other console windows to properly detect uppercase letters, control characters, etc. It may also improve reliability in other ways.
However, in some cases these modifier events may interfere with the active window, especially if the user is actively typing during a ControlSend or if the Alt key is being sent (since Alt activates the active window's menu bar).
Currently ConsoleSend accepts literal text only. Adapting it to send unicode characters or control characters is a possibility.
It seems that `r should be used in place of `n or {Enter}.
*/
) also, Check out LibCon.ahk in my signature 
