How to send keystrokes to an application that does not have focus and is not selected. i have read about sendmessage, but am not sure how to use it or anything, not even sure if its what i need.
i dont need to send anything but normal character keystrokes
im using VS 2008
I am absolutely not making a key logger. Second of all, this is for personal use only, I just want to try it out since I am trying to build a virus scanner. What code would assist me in recording key strokes in the background?
View 6 RepliesI used to know vb6 and I need to make a quick application.
View 2 Repliesi need to know how to send key strokes as it were type from the keyboard.(no sendkeys)
View 3 RepliesI'm trying to develop macros for games. I'm currently coding with vb 2010 and I'm using the keybd_event API. It works great, I've done many working macros but I cannot find a way to send arrow strokes using this API. (Left, Right, Up, Down) I don't want to use the numpad. Here is what I've found: [Code] For some reason, nothing happens, no keystroke seems to have been sent. When I use any other ascii decimal from the ascii table, it does work but not for the arrow strokes.
View 2 Replieshow to send keystrokes to an application that does not have focus and is not selected. i have read about sendmessage, but am not sure how to use it or anything, not even sure if its what i need.i dont need to send anything but normal character keystrokes?im using VS 2008?
View 23 RepliesIt detects the color fine and the picture background changes to the color my mouse is pointing at, but when it changes to one of the colors its ment to send me a msg it doesn't..[code]
View 2 RepliesIt detects the color fine and the picture background changes to the color my mouse is pointing at, but when it changes to one of the colors its ment to send me a msg it doesn't
Public Class Form1
Dim color As Integer
Private Sub Timer1_Tick(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles
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Is there Any way to handle the crtl + Alt + Del Key combination. Take for instance in a quiz application (Win Forms ), the user should not be able to switch to other windows till the test is over.
I'm able to capture the ctrl and alt key strokes individually, using c# standard properties. but once they user hits the del key . The control goes out of my appliation and windows handles it.
There is 2 things that i need.
1-Know how to send a key to a specific background app(don't loosing the focus of the actual window). Is there a function or API to do that?
2-Warcraft III have a protection tool and its almost impossible to use any function or API to interact with it.
I have a website that has 20,000+ members and i want to send each member a personalized admin update emails.I am currently sending about 200 emails at a time. To send to all the members, it takes me a few hours to complete.This is what I am trying to figure out how to implement.How can i possible build a webservice or something to send all these emails in the backgound at set intervales or something so I don't have to sit and click a button each time to send the emails out?I have seen many opt-in email list sites that when sending email, you get a page that the email was sent to the queue, and i receive an email back when the sending of all the emails is completed. This is something that i want to implement.
View 2 RepliesWhat I am doing is making a key shortcut program where the user can set that if he presses a certain key combination from anywhere on his computer while the program is still running, a defined action or program will execute. I know how to use the keyup or keydown to get the key input when the form is focused but how do you get the key input when the form is not focused or hidden. The form will be minimized to an icon in the system tray. I have not started working on the program yet since the whole purpose of the program is this.
View 2 RepliesFinal step in my application. I finally got all the requirements working, but now I need to have the application run in the background.
The application was written in Visual Studio 2010 VB, Win form app.
The requirements are as follows:
1.) run the application at start up
2.) no icon
3.) always in focas
4.) always runs in the background.
Here's the full code I have right now (working! whahoooo)
Public Class Form1
Private Property count As Integer
Private s As New Stopwatch
[CODE]...
is it possible to save inkstrokes in a format that is something like a vector typein order to be able to keep its features independetly of its magnification?
View 1 RepliesI have been searching the forums but have not found anything like what I am wanting to do.Anyways what would be the easiest way to count the number of key strokes? Then when X amount of strokes have been reached, display a message?
View 9 RepliesI am making a little application to provide a simple GUI for editing controls for some old games that use INI files to store their config.I have just come across the following ini file key but I can't see how it is storing the controls. It is meant to be for an NES pad, which has 8 buttons - Up, Down, Left, Right, Start, Select, A, B.
Quote:
[Controller 1]
Keys=C800D000CB00CD002D002C000000000036001C00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
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How do I get VB 2008 to Listen to the Keyboard Key strokes when I am in another program??
View 4 Repliesis it possible to make one application send a task to another application and recieve the result from that secondary app?i made a text editor program and i added a scan feature and i made another app that has ocr capabilities.The scanner ability is in my text editor program, the ocr program doesnt scan you have to input an image into it and it will give text result a few seconds later.the prob is alot of times the ocr code uses sooo much memory and crashes when its incorporated with my text editor, but individually each application works fine and doesnt take too much memory. Memory wont be even an issue if the ocr program is standalone so that when it is done decoding image the application can be made to exit. now here is the question, how do i make my text editor send the image to the ocr program and how do i make my ocr program send the text back to my text editor? is it possible? i mean the only way i know off is creating temp files in a certain folder and having a timer on each program that keeps waiting for temp files. That just seems like pretty lame coding to me i was wondering if there's a better way?
View 11 RepliesI need to send a short string, (less than 30 bytes, but sent every second), from one VB application, to a Delphi application.. is this possible, using CopyDataStruct, WM_COPYDATA and SendMessage functions in Windows?
View 1 RepliesI have already asked about the problem in java forum.Now i think the solution is only possible through microsoft products.Problem is i want to get the handle of a application and send commands to that application.Is it possible commands are send to combo box , text area, buttons etc..
View 2 RepliesI am trying to call a .exe from a VB.net application. I did this using:
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(" my file name.exe"),
This works but its UI also appears in the screen .Is there a way by which I can start the process and not let the user see it ,i.e to say can we call a .exe in the background?
I am trying to call a .exe from a VB.net application. I did this using ystem.Diagnostics.Process.Start(" my file name.exe"),this works but its UI also appears in the screen .Is there a way by which I can start the process as well do not let the user see it ,i.e to say can we call a .exe in the backdround?
View 5 Repliesi have prepared an application which dose not take any user input and the aim of the application is to take screenshots at a regular interval of 5 min i am using vb.net 2005 for this i have taken a form and in that form i have placed a timer control and in timer trick i am calling the function which takes the screen shot my requirement is to set up this application and this should run in the back ground and the user should not be able to cancel or stop the running of the application how to do this the application should run in the background it self and this should start when ever the system boots?
View 1 Repliesi have few questions:
A) How do I create an application that works in the background where there is no instance of it visible at the screen.
B) How do Create application that will load right after windows you start windows?
I have an option for the user to choose their own background for the application. How do I then make the image save in the settings for the next time the user starts the application? (This is actual pictures not solid colors).
View 7 RepliesI have developed a very simple application that disables system keyboard commands (ctrl+alt+del, alt+tab, etc), hides the taskbar, hides the desktop, etc.Upon entering a password the user can 'unlock' these options.This is being used with a restaurant POS system so no accidents can happen. However there seems to be one minor issue:In a separate software package (the POS software), at specific times, any application that is running (my locking application) will get focus and end up on top of the POS software.I want my locking software to remain underneath all running applications. Anyway to keep my locking application from gaining focus? I was thinking of maybe adding some line of code to send my locking application into the background whenever it gets focus..
View 4 RepliesIs it possible to run my application in the background so there is no minimised window on the bottom bar and, if possible, so an icon appears in the taskbar? If so, how would I do it?
View 2 RepliesI'd like to create an application that will run on the background. Any sites that I can refer to or idea?
View 3 RepliesIs it possible to start an application not being visible? This application is a batch application and my application would look way better if I could hide this batch.
View 2 RepliesI'm feeling frustrated. I have spent hours looking for a good piece of code to capture the keypress events in any windows no matter if my application is focused or not. I need to create an application to work in the background to capture the F5 key. Does anyone have any code?
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