The SendInput function synthesizes keystrokes, mouse motions, and button clicks to the currently active window
C# Signature:
/// <summary>
/// Synthesizes keystrokes, mouse motions, and button clicks.
/// </summary>
[DllImport("user32.dll")]
internal static extern uint SendInput (uint nInputs,
[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPArray), In] INPUT[] pInputs,
int cbSize);
VB.NET Signature:
<DllImport("user32.dll", SetLastError:=True)>
Friend Shared Function SendInput(<[In]()> ByVal nInput As UInt32,
<[In](), MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPArray, ArraySubtype:=UnmanagedType.Struct, SizeParamindex:=0)> ByVal pInputs() As tagINPUT,
<[In]()> ByVal cbInput As Int32) As UInt32
End Function
VB Signature:
Private Declare Function SendInput Lib "user32.dll" (ByVal cInputs As Integer, ByRef pInputs As INPUT, ByVal cbSize As Integer) As Integer
C# User-Defined Types:
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User-Defined Field Types:
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Sample Code:
var pInputs = new[]
{
new StructLib.INPUT()
{
type = EnumLib.INPUT_TYPE.INPUT_KEYBOARD,
ki = new StructLib.KEYBDINPUT()
{
wScan = EnumLib.ScanCodeShort.KEY_S,
wVk = EnumLib.VirtualKeyShort.KEY_S
}
},
new StructLib.INPUT()
{
type = EnumLib.INPUT_TYPE.INPUT_KEYBOARD,
ki = new StructLib.KEYBDINPUT()
{
wScan = EnumLib.ScanCodeShort.KEY_S,
wVk = EnumLib.VirtualKeyShort.KEY_S,
dwFlags = EnumLib.KEYEVENTF.KEYUP
}
},
new StructLib.INPUT()
{
type = EnumLib.INPUT_TYPE.INPUT_KEYBOARD,
ki = new StructLib.KEYBDINPUT()
{
wScan = EnumLib.ScanCodeShort.KEY_S,
wVk = EnumLib.VirtualKeyShort.KEY_S
}
},
new StructLib.INPUT()
{
type = EnumLib.INPUT_TYPE.INPUT_KEYBOARD,
ki = new StructLib.KEYBDINPUT()
{
wScan = EnumLib.ScanCodeShort.KEY_S,
wVk = EnumLib.VirtualKeyShort.KEY_S,
dwFlags = EnumLib.KEYEVENTF.KEYUP
}
},
new StructLib.INPUT()
{
type = EnumLib.INPUT_TYPE.INPUT_KEYBOARD,
ki = new StructLib.KEYBDINPUT()
{
wScan = EnumLib.ScanCodeShort.KEY_S,
wVk = EnumLib.VirtualKeyShort.KEY_S
}
},
new StructLib.INPUT()
{
type = EnumLib.INPUT_TYPE.INPUT_KEYBOARD,
ki = new StructLib.KEYBDINPUT()
{
wScan = EnumLib.ScanCodeShort.KEY_S,
wVk = EnumLib.VirtualKeyShort.KEY_S,
dwFlags = EnumLib.KEYEVENTF.KEYUP
}
}
};
var hWindow = Api.user32.FindWindow("notepad", null);
Api.user32.SetForegroundWindow(hWindow);
Thread.Sleep(2500);
Api.user32.SendInput((uint)pInputs.Length, pInputs, StructLib.INPUT.Size);
[code]
#region powershell yes it WORKS!! begin
[testing.windows]::SetForegroundWindow( @( Get-Process notepad |? { $_.id -in @( get-wmiobject win32_process -filter "name='notepad.exe'" |% { if ( $_.getowner().user -eq $env:username ) { $_.processid } } ) } )[0].MainWindowHandle)
$_inputList = New-Object 'Collections.Generic.List[Testing.Windows3+INPUT]'
$_inputList.Add( $( New-Object Testing.Windows3+INPUT -Property @{ type = [Testing.Windows3+INPUT_TYPE]::KEYBOARD ; U = $( New-Object Testing.Windows3+InputUnion -Property @{ ki = $( New-Object Testing.Windows3+KEYBDINPUT -Property @{ wVk = [Testing.Windows3+VirtualKeyShort]::KEY_S } ) } ) } ) )
$_inputList.Add( $( New-Object Testing.Windows3+INPUT -Property @{ type = [Testing.Windows3+INPUT_TYPE]::KEYBOARD ; U = $( New-Object Testing.Windows3+InputUnion -Property @{ ki = $( New-Object Testing.Windows3+KEYBDINPUT -Property @{ wVk = [Testing.Windows3+VirtualKeyShort]::KEY_S ; dwFlags = $( [Testing.Windows3+KEYEVENTF]::KEYUP ) } ) } ) } ) )
$_inputList.Add( $( New-Object Testing.Windows3+INPUT -Property @{ type = [Testing.Windows3+INPUT_TYPE]::KEYBOARD ; U = $( New-Object Testing.Windows3+InputUnion -Property @{ ki = $( New-Object Testing.Windows3+KEYBDINPUT -Property @{ wVk = [Testing.Windows3+VirtualKeyShort]::MENU } ) } ) } ) )
$_inputList.Add( $( New-Object Testing.Windows3+INPUT -Property @{ type = [Testing.Windows3+INPUT_TYPE]::KEYBOARD ; U = $( New-Object Testing.Windows3+InputUnion -Property @{ ki = $( New-Object Testing.Windows3+KEYBDINPUT -Property @{ wVk = [Testing.Windows3+VirtualKeyShort]::KEY_E } ) } ) } ) )
$_inputList.Add( $( New-Object Testing.Windows3+INPUT -Property @{ type = [Testing.Windows3+INPUT_TYPE]::KEYBOARD ; U = $( New-Object Testing.Windows3+InputUnion -Property @{ ki = $( New-Object Testing.Windows3+KEYBDINPUT -Property @{ wVk = [Testing.Windows3+VirtualKeyShort]::MENU ; dwFlags = $( [Testing.Windows3+KEYEVENTF]::KEYUP ) } ) } ) } ) )
$_inputList.Add( $( New-Object Testing.Windows3+INPUT -Property @{ type = [Testing.Windows3+INPUT_TYPE]::KEYBOARD ; U = $( New-Object Testing.Windows3+InputUnion -Property @{ ki = $( New-Object Testing.Windows3+KEYBDINPUT -Property @{ wVk = [Testing.Windows3+VirtualKeyShort]::KEY_E ; dwFlags = $( [Testing.Windows3+KEYEVENTF]::KEYUP ) } ) } ) } ) )
$_inputList.Add( $( New-Object Testing.Windows3+INPUT -Property @{ type = [Testing.Windows3+INPUT_TYPE]::KEYBOARD ; U = $( New-Object Testing.Windows3+InputUnion -Property @{ ki = $( New-Object Testing.Windows3+KEYBDINPUT -Property @{ wVk = [Testing.Windows3+VirtualKeyShort]::CONTROL } ) } ) } ) )
$_inputList.Add( $( New-Object Testing.Windows3+INPUT -Property @{ type = [Testing.Windows3+INPUT_TYPE]::KEYBOARD ; U = $( New-Object Testing.Windows3+InputUnion -Property @{ ki = $( New-Object Testing.Windows3+KEYBDINPUT -Property @{ wVk = [Testing.Windows3+VirtualKeyShort]::KEY_F } ) } ) } ) )
$_inputList.Add( $( New-Object Testing.Windows3+INPUT -Property @{ type = [Testing.Windows3+INPUT_TYPE]::KEYBOARD ; U = $( New-Object Testing.Windows3+InputUnion -Property @{ ki = $( New-Object Testing.Windows3+KEYBDINPUT -Property @{ wVk = [Testing.Windows3+VirtualKeyShort]::CONTROL ; dwFlags = $( [Testing.Windows3+KEYEVENTF]::KEYUP ) } ) } ) } ) )
$_inputList.Add( $( New-Object Testing.Windows3+INPUT -Property @{ type = [Testing.Windows3+INPUT_TYPE]::KEYBOARD ; U = $( New-Object Testing.Windows3+InputUnion -Property @{ ki = $( New-Object Testing.Windows3+KEYBDINPUT -Property @{ wVk = [Testing.Windows3+VirtualKeyShort]::KEY_F ; dwFlags = $( [Testing.Windows3+KEYEVENTF]::KEYUP ) } ) } ) } ) )
$_inputArray = $_inputList.ToArray()
Start-Sleep 2 ; [Testing.Windows3]::SendInput($_inputArray.count, $_inputArray, [Runtime.InteropServices.marshal]::SizeOf($_inputArray[0]))
#endregion powershell yes it WORKS!! end
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