[Request]Help, Tut to send keystroke un-active program
Can anyone help me find a TUT that would help me make a program that sends keystrokes to an unactive program? I just need to send one keystroke(F1) to a program every 5 secs.
[Request]Help, Tut to send keystroke un-active program
i think the code is
Correct me if i am wrong
Code:
SendKeys.Send("{F1}")
You need to learn SystemWide Hotkeys and Virtual Keys, MSDN has about 5 articles (or more) on this.
In the mean time here is a introductory, If I get a chance I will right a [TUT]
in the mean time, this is not a tut, just a starting point to help you make a program with System Wide Hot Keys
Register System Wide HotKeys
Note:By using P/Invoke you can call Windows API to register a system-wide hot key and have it go to your form.
Declare the API
Note: this goes in the top most part of your code
Now we need to create two shared functions
3 parameters used for hot keys
Note: Definitions paraphrased from Wiki
Originally Posted by Wiki
hWnd. = used to specify a handle to the window that should receive message.
id. = registers your hotkey with a id number using this parameter.
vlc. used to provide a virtual key for the hot key.
You will now to declare constants the code is as follows
Note: Remove quotes
Here is a list of VK's
MSDN offers a full list
So for a system wide hotkey for f1 you would do
In the mean time here is a introductory, If I get a chance I will right a [TUT]
in the mean time, this is not a tut, just a starting point to help you make a program with System Wide Hot Keys
Register System Wide HotKeys
Note:By using P/Invoke you can call Windows API to register a system-wide hot key and have it go to your form.
Declare the API
Note: this goes in the top most part of your code
Code:
Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices
Code:
Private Shared Function RegisterHotKey(ByVal hWnd As IntPtr, ByVal id As Integer, ByVal fsModifiers As Integer, ByVal vlc As Integer) As Boolean
End Function
Code:
Private Shared Function UnregisterHotKey(ByVal hWnd As IntPtr, ByVal id As Integer) As Boolean
End Function
Note: Definitions paraphrased from Wiki
Originally Posted by Wiki
hWnd. = used to specify a handle to the window that should receive message.
id. = registers your hotkey with a id number using this parameter.
vlc. used to provide a virtual key for the hot key.
You will now to declare constants the code is as follows
Code:
Const "Constant Name" As Integer = "Hex Value"
Here is a list of VK's
Code:
VK_CANCEL 03 Control-break processing VK_BACK 08 BACKSPACE key VK_TAB 09 TAB key VK_CLEAR 0C CLEAR key VK_RETURN 0D ENTER key VK_SHIFT 10 SHIFT key VK_MENU 12 ALT key VK_PAUSE 13 PAUSE key VK_ESCAPE 1B ESC key VK_SPACE 20 SPACEBAR VK_PRIOR 21 PAGE UP key VK_NEXT 22 PAGE DOWN key VK_END 23 END key VK_HOME 24 HOME key VK_LEFT 25 LEFT ARROW key VK_UP 26 UP ARROW key VK_RIGHT 27 RIGHT ARROW key VK_DOWN 28 DOWN ARROW key VK_SELECT 29 SELECT key VK_PRINT 2A PRINT key VK_INSERT 2D INS key VK_DELETE 2E DEL key VK_HELP 2F HELP key
Code:
VK_F1 70 F1 key VK_F2 71 F2 key VK_F3 72 F3 key VK_F4 73 F4 key VK_F5 74 F5 key VK_F6 75 F6 key VK_F7 76 F7 key VK_F8 77 F8 key VK_F9 78 F9 key VK_F10 79 F10 key VK_F11 7A F11 key VK_F12 7B F12 key VK_F13 7C F13 key VK_F14 7D F14 key VK_F15 7E F15 key VK_F16 7F F16 key VK_F17 80H F17 key VK_F18 81H F18 key VK_F19 82H F19 key VK_F20 83H F20 key VK_F21 84H F21 key VK_F22 85H F22 key VK_F23 86H F23 key VK_F24 87H F24 key
So for a system wide hotkey for f1 you would do
Code:
Const VK_F1 As Integer = &70
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