I'm developing an app that have to send some keys or mouse events to the active window.
I'm using this class: Mouse
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using System.Windows.Forms;
namespace Mouse
{
public static class VirtualMouse
{
// import the necessary API function so .NET can
// marshall parameters appropriately
[DllImport("user32.dll")]
static extern void mouse_event(int dwFlags, int dx, int dy, int dwData, int dwExtraInfo);
// constants for the mouse_input() API function
private const int MOUSEEVENTF_MOVE = 0x0001;
private const int MOUSEEVENTF_LEFTDOWN = 0x0002;
private const int MOUSEEVENTF_LEFTUP = 0x0004;
private const int MOUSEEVENTF_RIGHTDOWN = 0x0008;
private const int MOUSEEVENTF_RIGHTUP = 0x0010;
private const int MOUSEEVENTF_MIDDLEDOWN = 0x0020;
private const int MOUSEEVENTF_MIDDLEUP = 0x0040;
private const int MOUSEEVENTF_ABSOLUTE = 0x8000;
// simulates movement of the mouse. parameters specify changes
// in relative position. positive values indicate movement
// right or down
public static void Move(int xDelta, int yDelta)
{
mouse_event(MOUSEEVENTF_MOVE, xDelta, yDelta, 0, 0);
}
// simulates movement of the mouse. parameters specify an
// absolute location, with the top left corner being the
// origin
public static void MoveTo(int x, int y)
{
mouse_event(MOUSEEVENTF_ABSOLUTE | MOUSEEVENTF_MOVE, x, y, 0, 0);
}
// simulates a click-and-release action of the left mouse
// button at its current position
public static void LeftClick()
{
mouse_event(MOUSEEVENTF_LEFTDOWN, Control.MousePosition.X, Control.MousePosition.Y, 0, 0);
mouse_event(MOUSEEVENTF_LEFTUP, Control.MousePosition.X, Control.MousePosition.Y, 0, 0);
}
public static void RightClick()
{
mouse_event(MOUSEEVENTF_RIGHTDOWN, Control.MousePosition.X, Control.MousePosition.Y, 0, 0);
mouse_event(MOUSEEVENTF_RIGHTUP, Control.MousePosition.X, Control.MousePosition.Y, 0, 0);
}
}
}
Keyboard
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using System.Windows.Forms;
namespace Mouse
{
public static class VirtualKeyboard
{
[DllImport("user32.dll")] static extern uint keybd_event(byte bVk, byte bScan, int dwFlags, int dwExtraInfo);
public static void KeyDown(System.Windows.Forms.Keys key)
{
keybd_event((byte)key, 0, 0, 0);
}
public static void KeyUp(System.Windows.Forms.Keys key)
{
keybd_event((byte)key, 0, 0x7F, 0);
}
}
}
this is my testing code:
private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Thread.Sleep(2000);
VirtualMouse.Move(100, 100);
VirtualMouse.RightClick();
VirtualKeyboard.KeyDown(System.Windows.Forms.Keys.A);
VirtualKeyboard.KeyUp(System.Windows.Forms.Keys.A);
}
Mouse moves, but doesn't send click. Any idea? How can I make a key continue pressed for some time? I tried using thread.sleep between KeyDown and KeyUp and it's not working.