Re: sendkeys in SwiftForth was [Re: Ctrl Alt Del]

Richard, Stefan
You can simulate the VB sendkeys using

*Post message*
The PostMessage function places (posts) a message in the message queue
associated with the thread that created the specified window and then
returns without waiting for the thread to process the message. Messages
in a message queue are retrieved by calls to the GetMessage or
PeekMessage function.

BOOL PostMessage(

    HWND hWnd, // handle of destination window
    UINT Msg, // message to post
    WPARAM wParam, // first message parameter
    LPARAM lParam // second message parameter
   );

Also of interest might be* keybd_event*
The keybd_event function synthesizes a keystroke. The system can use
such a synthesized keystroke to generate a WM_KEYUP or WM_KEYDOWN
message. The keyboard driver's interrupt handler calls the keybd_event
function.

VOID keybd_event(

    BYTE bVk, // virtual-key code
    BYTE bScan, // hardware scan code
    DWORD dwFlags, // flags specifying various function options
    DWORD dwExtraInfo // additional data associated with keystroke
   );

They are available in the win32 SDK help file or online at

http://msdn.microsoft.com/default.aspx

Regards

Rob

Stefan Schmiedl wrote:

>Richard Owlett (2005-01-26 14:35):
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>>I wasn't aware there was a "sendkeys" in SwiftForth.
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>I don't know ... is there?
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>>Where might it be found?
>>I've used that in VB and would *very much* like to use it in SwiftForth=
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>MSDN tells me that there is SendInput in user32.dll, which
>"synthesizes keystrokes, mouse motions, and button clicks".
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>I could imagine worse starting points for messing around with this :-)
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Received on Mon Jan 31 2005 - 05:40:51 PST