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Synthesizes keystrokes, mouse motions, and button clicks.

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How can I fix a keypress loop which stops when pressing another key?

I have programmed a loop which spams spacebar (low-level input) when I hold down spacebar. This does work, but it suddenly stops working when I press any other key while holding spacebar. How can I fix it? I am using InputManager API from here. …
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Mouse simulation with SendInput

I made some application for automatic processing. It used SendInput in C# I tested that code on my PC, it's working fine. But now I installed that app on other PC, but it's not working. I attached some code snippet for understanding. public…
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Simulating a drag & drop operation using SendInput

Can SendInput be used to simulate a drap & drop operation? I've got an application that accepts files of a certain format that are dropped on it, but not from the command line, and I want to associate it with a file. I thought I'd create a small…
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SendInput() of an input array to STEAM CLIENT

I'm trying to simulate a CTRL + V keypress (and release) by using the INPUT struct in windows.h, but I can only get it to work in simple programs such as notepad, whereas in the Steam client it doesn't actually write to it: INPUT ip[4]; …
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Passing a string into SendInput() (C++)

Due To The Inconvenience, I've moved to C# for this project, no further comments needed I've encountered an issue during the development of a C++ tidbit, which sends keystrokes based on user input. Upon trying to send the actual keystrokes, I am…
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How to Send key faster with PixelGetColor / PixelSearch

I am using this code to send pot key when I press skill key *RButton:: { PixelGetColor, ColorOutPut, 256, 762, Fast RGB ;2 last if (ColorOutPut = 0x090606) { ;~ PixelGetColor, ColorOutPut, 273, 750, Fast RGB ;charge …
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AutoIt input controls ignored by game

I'm trying to send input from an AutoIt script to a game. I used Spy++ and when I press W it receives: But when I use Send("w") or any other method that simulates input (ControlSend(), MouseClick(), ControlClick()) it receives nothing. I also tried…
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Is it a bug to pass a single-element array to SendInput?

Given the following code void foo() { INPUT input{}; input.type = INPUT_MOUSE; input.mi.dwFlags = MOUSEEVENTF_LEFTDOWN; SendInput(1, &input, sizeof(input)); input.mi.dwFlags = MOUSEEVENTF_LEFTUP; SendInput(1, &input,…
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Is my JNA SendInput() call flawed?

I've condensed my project code into the example below to show my issue. The example/snippet references concepts used here and here. The console output shows 4 events sent; so I expected the output in notepad to be "12", but I only see "1" in…
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SendInput to Ctrl+C text Doesn't Work When Launched from Hotkey

Currently using this code to Copy selected text in currently open Window in Windows 10. This code is working fine if I run it on its own by when my target program (Notepad) has focus. The selected text in notepad is copied into data variable…
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Tracking mouse input events

Currently using SendInput(MOUSEEVENTF_MOVE) to simulate mouse movements. SendInput adds a new mouse event to the thread input queue before being processed. Is it possible to track/check if an specific event has actually been processed? Tracking…
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VB2015 winform Sendinput mouseclick to Excel, not working

I have a subscription to a password protected excel workbook. The workbook has to get run each day. So I have code opens the workbook with its password and then I want to click on two buttons on a specific sheet. So I am pulling my hair out on how…
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win32api and python causing my screen to go black when it moves the mouse

For whatever reason the screen is going black after the second or third movement of the mouse. First is the function i use to move the mouse: import ctypes import time SendInput = ctypes.windll.user32.SendInput def MoveMouse(x, y): extra =…
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SendInput sends wrong Unicode character in MFC

I have a simple SendChar function: void SendChar(const char mC) { INPUT ip={0}; KEYBDINPUT kb={0}; char mK=mC; kb.wScan=mK; kb.dwFlags=KEYEVENTF_UNICODE; ip.type=INPUT_KEYBOARD; ip.ki=kb; …
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SendInput won't send mouse events to on screen keyboard in Win 10

I am trying to use SendInput to convert touches from a touch sensor into standard mouse events. This works fine with several standard Windows apps. But when I send a LEFT_MOUSE_DOWN event while over the OSK, nothing happens. And yet when I click…
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