SendInput vs. keybd_event

Question

MSDN states that keybd_event has been superceded by SendInput. During a rewrite I switched to using SendInput...which was fine except when trying to send an

Answer 1

this way you can use the keybd_event:

keybd_event( VK_MENU, MapVirtualkey( VK_MENU, 0 ), KEYEVENTF_EXTENDEDKEY or 0, 0);
  keybd_event( Ord('M'), MapVirtualKey( Ord('M'),0), KEYEVENTF_EXTENDEDKEY or 0, 0);
  keybd_event( Ord('M'), MapVirtualKey( Ord('M'),0), KEYEVENTF_EXTENDEDKEY or KEYEVENTF_KEYUP, 0);
  keybd_event( VK_MENU, MapVirtualkey( VK_MENU, 0 ), KEYEVENTF_EXTENDEDKEY or KEYEVENTF_KEYUP, 0);