I want to use the SendInput function (winuser.h) to simulate huge amounts of inputs. I have no idea tho what the maximum input array length is. I checked the docs, but I can't find anything there: ...

I wanted to try writing a bot for a game (it seemed like an interesting task logic-wise), but the problem arose with the most basic function of simulating a click. A normal click works perfectly, but ...

I found this answer saying the following: You can use the unmanaged SendInput function for this. It posts the input on a level lower then DirectInput. It is very important to know what keycodes to ...

I'm trying to emulate key down and key up in windows. However the behaviour is not working as expected. In main(), when I press 'a', the 'b' key should be pressed and stay pressed for 3 seconds. ...

Situation: Today I am trying to optimize my remote control, and I need to use SendInput, which is in the class library, to move the mouse from one place to another continuously. However, I found that ...

When looking up how to use keybd_event on Microsoft Learn, it says: Note This function has been superseded. Use SendInput instead. But when looking at how to use SendInput, it looks a lot more ...

i'm new here and new in any other than C, too litle in C# and none of C++ I heard about C not being capable of multithreading, because it's read line by line, POSIX and stuff, but what i want is to ...

I am trying to simulate mouse and keyboard events by using SendInput() in C#. The mouse simulated perfectly, while the simulation for the keyboard is not working. In that case, I tried to use another ...

I have been trying to screen capture a game that blocks the Windows GDI API (possibly via API hooking) and hence I cannot use the good old BitBlt() for capturing the screen, unfortunately. Whenever I ...

I'm trying to simulate the "Enter key" using SendInput(), it is working on all the scenario's like SignOut, Restart, Shutdown etc.., except Lock. Here's the code, INPUT inputs[2] = { 0 }; ...

I've implemented a hook procedure that catches some Alt+letter key combinations and injects predefined strings. An example of a hook procedure is shown below. It detects the hotkeys LeftAlt+Q and ...

Intent I am trying to create a localized implementation of cloud gaming where a user's own PC serves as the server. What I am trying to achieve is the last piece stopping me. That is implementing ...

I'm using winapi SendInput with scancodes to simulate keyboard input to a game, and at the same time I want to measure the timing of the input being received, but unfortunately I've no access to that ...

I'm writing a program that simulates mouse movements for an application, but this program blocks mouse movement. Is there any way to circumvent this problem? Solutions I tried and results: ...

Background I'm working on a program that shares input devices over a network to pass them into virtual machines. Currently, it works for Linux hosts and Linux guests. It uses the evdev interface, ...