Sending keyboard events to another application in C# that does not handle Windows events

Question

here is my situation: we are writing an application that must transform Microsoft Kinect coordinates into keyboard and mouse events.

When we need to take control of the

Answer 1

You need to pInvoke Winapi sendmessage.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms644950(v=vs.85).aspx

http://pinvoke.net/default.aspx/user32.SendMessage

This is what I'm using. It works but you have to read a little bit about it. This is very powerful method.

Answer 2

I think following post should be an answer to your question,

How do i send keys using a global keyboard hook?

According to the answer, you have to use following key codes to the SendInput function, http://www.gamespp.com/directx/directInputKeyboardScanCodes.html

Answer 3

Unfortunately DirectX has no built-in hooking functionality; however there are some (this one is a .Net wrapper over another one) libraries out there that can do it. You will also need to look into XInput, which deprecates DirectInput.

Answer 4

You need to simulate input using SendInput. SendMessage and SendKeys tend to work at the level of windows messages - but DirectX apps don't run a traditional message loop.

There is a page on PInvoke.NET, but I have to confess, I've not tried to use it.

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See also this thread on the GameDev.net site, where someone has worked with some of the "teething" issues that can be encountered specifically interacting with a DirectInput based application.

Answer 5

This is a quick and easy solution that I'm using. Works well.

InputSimulator