sendinput

Given the following code void foo() { INPUT input{}; input.type = INPUT_MOUSE; input.mi.dwFlags = MOUSEEVENTF_LEFTDOWN; SendInput(1, &input, sizeof(input)); input.mi.dwFlags = MOUSEEVENTF_LEFTUP; SendInput(1, &input, sizeof(input)); }; is it a bug to pass a single-element array to SendInput in consecutive calls? This seems to be perfectly supported by the documentation. Short answer: Maybe. Longer answer: It depends. To see what it depends on, and when this matters, it helps to understand, why SendInput was introduced into the Windows API: For one, it consolidates the keybd_event and mouse

When I attempt to use SendInput to send single key presses, and combined keypresses, I can't get my program to hold the keyboard button until commanded to be released. With the code below I am ables to send the character 'a' , and 'A' , by hitting shift first. However, I cannot get it to hold the 'a' button in perpetuity. public static void KeyDown() { SwitchWindow(Process.GetProcessesByName("notepad").FirstOrDefault().MainWindowHandle); INPUT[] inputs = new INPUT[1]; KEYBDINPUT kb = new KEYBDINPUT(); //Set up generic keyboard event inputs[0].type = INPUT_KEYBOARD; kb.wScan = 0; // hardware

This is an issue I've ran into before, but I've always given up solving the problem and worked out a work around. Not today (hopefully). I'm trying to make a bot for the classic Doom II. I want my bot to have access to the main menu which is accessed via the escape key. Naturally I tried: sendkeys.send("{ESC}") No luck. But then something weird happened. I accidently ran the code when I was already on the menu... and it closed the menu (which is normal if you press escape on the menu). So clearly Doom II listens to Sendkeys. I've since tried sendinput, postmessage, and simulateinput. None have

I have following code: INPUT Input = { 0 }; Input.type = INPUT_KEYBOARD; Input.mi.dwFlags = KEYEVENTF_EXTENDEDKEY; Input.ki.wVk = 'A'; // tried 0x41, ( UCHAR )VkKeyScan( 'A' ) SendInput( 1, &Input, sizeof( INPUT ) ); but it generates me only 'a'. How to force it to generate upper case as well? Thanks. tobi EDIT: some modifications according to rodrigo answer in comments. INPUT Input = { 0 }; // shift key down Input.type = INPUT_KEYBOARD; Input.ki.wVk = VK_LSHIFT; SendInput( 1, &Input, sizeof( INPUT ) ); // 'a' key down Input.type = INPUT_KEYBOARD; Input.ki.wVk = 'A'; SendInput( 1, &Input,