Thread: simple question... how od you simulate...

How do you simulate keystrokes?

Sorta like a macro but throw c++. Basicly what I want is somethign that will key the keys I tell it to.


And if possible, how could I make a program run if I hit, for say, crtl+shift+a?

I am using dev-c++, so please no vc++.

Thank you!

ok thanks msdn is taking over now.

Now it is just not working, maybe I am lost now...

Here is the prototype...

Code:

VOID keybd_event(          BYTE bVk,
    BYTE bScan,
    DWORD dwFlags,
    PTR dwExtraInfo
);

Here is my code...

keybd_event(
14, //caps lock key
NULL,
KEYEVENTF_KEYUP,
NULL
);

Here is the url at the msdn site...

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...eybd_event.asp

well umm, ok anyways...

how abotu the crtl+shift+a question, is that possible?

For the letters and numbers tho.... how do I do them.

Like for caps lock I would use this VK_CAPITAL

but for the letter "a", this is all it gives me....

(41)
A key


how do I do letters and numbers?



Edit: I feel like an idoit, I like the creat shortcut thing. It works now! But now for the letters and numbers.

VK_CAPITAL is just #define'd somewhere as an integer that represents that Caps Lock key. You can use 41 the same way.