currently my VB Skills aren't so good so bare with me here. application to be able to send keystrokes to another without having it popup. Like it should remain minimized, it shouldn't interfere with whatever you are doing on your PC while it sends the strokes. I received this request from some one else to do. So basically I just need to get focus to the application while it remains minimized and send keystrokes.
View 4 RepliesI would like to know how to send keys to another application and also, how to get some text from application and then send keys.
Example.
somegame.exe ( I type in-game message ?mm ) and my vb.net application see that and send keys to somegame.exe ( Missing Player From Middle Lane )..
I'm trying to make a easy hot key cheat system for a game. I have a timer that checks to see if the game is activated if not then it says game not running in a label box. If so then it says it's running. It detects it running so that's good. I want it to check to see if the numberic key was pressed like 1 and it will type in the cheat code. here's the source.
Private Sub Timer1_Tick(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Timer1.Tick
Me.Focus()
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I want to know how to send keys to some application, for example, minimized notepad.I have searched in google, youtube and this forum too.Ppl saying that with Sendkeys.send you can only send keys to application what is in focus of screen. So, can anybody post code here for sending keys to application?
View 19 RepliesHow can i use the address bar to send commands to a external application?
Example:
AOL Instant Messenger -
I havent used this application in a long time. But i remembered if you wanted to add a friend to AIM from their online profile it directed them to a link such as:
aim:addfriend=contactID
and AIM would pick this up and add it the contactID to the application. The link i posted is more than likely not the correct link they use but it shows what im trying to accomplish.
Im looking to achieve something along the lines of:
myApplication:command=commandValue
I have a filter that is used to populate a grid view and the url will conain: /example/grid?value1=1&value2=2
It will then have a link to page 2, which allows them to edit something.I then want them to click a link that will send them back to the gridview under the same parameters of: /example/grid?value1=1&value2=2
Is this possible? How do I hold on and fill in the URL values so it knows how to refill the grid view accordingly?
How do I tell if an external app is minimized to the task bar? I can minimize and external app and then restore it but I don't know how to tell if it is minimized to task bar or not.
View 1 Repliesi need to capture function keys even if form is minimised. how can i do it? i tried many tutorials for key hook etc etc. but none work
View 2 RepliesI need to be able to send keycode keys.apps (windows context menu key) to an application. Surely if I can detect the keypress, there's a way to send the keypress, right?
What I'm doing is having a 3rd party app save a screenshot and the only way to have it do so is through its right click context menu.
Known the external window size, it Hwnd and the x/y coordinates of the button to press, I am trying this code, like seen on the web[code]\...
View 4 RepliesI tried a couple of the send keys and they will not send any keys at all. I need a true Space bar input (SendKeys does not work for me). Also, I would like this to work on 32 and 64 bit computers. Let me know if you know of any good examples. I would love to have the ability to send a string in the future, but I can add that feature myself. [code]
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Now as you can see it is sending the textbox1 text and then pressing enter then sending textbox2 text! Theres quite a few problems in that but before i discuss note: This code is in a Timer. Problem #1: It does not send the keys fully correct all the time because its trying to send them all at once! So i want it to send them 1 letter after the other with 200 ms sleep in them! Problem #2: The sleep is not working: The reason i know is because even after it did the first textbox1 text it didnt wait that 2000 ms!
I am using send keys to send the squence Alt W (a integer called 'index') Escape
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But i have a problem so i want to Send one key to a minimized form if u know what i mean like running it in the background its the key "F5" that i want to send. It works if the window is focused but as soon as i start my internet it refreshs the sites there and not where it was ment to b
View 9 RepliesI am trying to send keys to a control on my form. But I am getting a NullReferenceException and I don't know why. The code is about as basic as it gets: [Code] The error reported is object reference not set to an instance of an object but Send is a shared method so doesn't need an instance. Strangely if I ignore the error it works fine and F4 is passed to the control. I know there was an issue with sendkeys and UAC but I thought this had been solved (I am using 4.0 framework).
View 1 RepliesI am trying to use the send keys function to send text to another program.I ahve gotten it al working well, except for using () as I know sendkeys doesnt like these.I have tried using the Replace function in several places in my code to replace the ( with {(} and {+0} etc, with various other options tried.But when I run the program, it seems to skip this out completly and leaves them in the string as (, and therefore it errors and wont run.When I step through it, it goes through the function but doesnt alter the strng as it should. This is the code to send the string and my attempt at making it replace the () in the module
Module TextReplacement
Private Declare Function GetAsyncKeyState Lib "user32.dll" (ByVal vKey As Int32) As Short
Dim counter As Integer
Dim sData() As String
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The error I get when i try send "Test :)" is: ArgumentExcveption was unhandled "SendKeys string 'Test :)' is not valid"
I used to know vb6 and I need to make a quick application.
View 2 RepliesHeres my code that does not work:
Private Const MOUSEEVENTF_LEFTDOWN = &H2
Private Const MOUSEEVENTF_LEFTUP = &H4
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I know how to send mouse clicks and keystrokes into an application when it is open and active, but this particular application the task is very repetitive and can be done with a script of sorts. What i want is how do i make a program to be able to send inputs (key clicks) into the application when it is minimized (the application minimized that is). doing this minimized would then allow me to do other more important things whilst the vb program is sending instructions into the other app.[code]...
View 24 RepliesI am using vb2005 to send keystroke to stock application software so i need to send Ctrl+C to an open window in the stock software then send Ctl+V to Excel in a specified worksheet and cell
View 2 Repliesi want my program to understand what i push the key "+" for example and do something. i can write this "something" but i dont remember how to make it see when i push the keyboard keys (NOTICE: i want the program to see the keyboard keys even if the program is minimized and another program is maximized)
View 5 RepliesI am looking for a way to send keys to another app. I did create the other app and know all the controls it has. I have seen code using vb6 to change the caption another app and think it was also able to change the text/caption for controls on that form.
View 4 RepliesI want to use SendKeys, but only on itself, so if i minimize my program, I don't want it to send keys to other programs, but I want it to continue sending the keys to just itself
is there a way to target an application (self), or form or container or something?
I´ve got a Full Screen app witch launches other app and wait until it has been closed, when it detects that, the first application is launched again full sceen with this source code:
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that needs to be kept on I have read that it does not allow send keys to be sent to the log in Dialog box. this means that the application will not run is there any way possible around this that I can send the keys to the Dialog so I can enter a username and password programmatic so I can create a patch for a problem that requires user authentication
timer1.enabled = true
sendkeys.send("Username")
timer1.enabled = false()
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I am trying to code a program to send keys to a certain window.
For example, in notepad I want the program to write "test" over and over again, in the notepad window. However, I do not want this window to be an active window. Is it possible to make it send keys through a background method?
ok before i start this game is Halo:Combat Evolved, campaignand well the sendkeys doesnt work what i want to do is
Private Class Form1
Private sub bth_clk blah
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I want to know how to send key(s) by using (keydown/Press) and (keyup/release) event
Because some programs when i'm trying to send keys to them, they just dont respond to the keys. and yes i know how to use sendkeys.send("hello")
How would I use PostMessage to send Keys? I dont want to use SendKeys.Send
View 7 RepliesI want to know how to send keys like ALT, Shift, Ctrl, Entre, etc. with the My.Computer.SendKeys() function. Also, I need a code with which I can send 2 keys together like Ctrl+C. Is it possible with SendKeys(). [I use Visual Basic Express 2008 and 2010].
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