C# - Capturing user clicks on other application

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I need to create a program that can record user clicks for another Windows application. Essentially my program should read a data file and automatically run another application and enter the data. I understand that there are process automation tools but they are prohibitively expensive for one-time use. For refernce of this forum a simimar question was asked in past but was not answered so recreating it.

Capturing user events (button clicks etc) from another Windows application

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score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 05 '17 at 13:59

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https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms747327(v=vs.110).aspx

check this reference, for some time UI Automation is built in into VS. You don't have to rely on expensive tools to do so.

answered Jun 05 '17 at 13:59

Marcin

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 05 '17 at 14:04

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I think you need global mouse event listener. Something like this: https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/7294/Processing-Global-Mouse-and-Keyboard-Hooks-in-C

answered Jun 05 '17 at 14:04

Hadar Ben David

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C# - Capturing user clicks on other application

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