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how to distinguish sendkeys from actual keyboard input -

is there any way to know onginal keyboard input by a user manually or
input using SENDKEYS?
i am trying to build a software in my regional language that can use to type in all windows applications..... for that i set a global keyboard hook.... when the user types it takes the key and convert the key and sendback to the application using SENDKEYS................

 

how to distinguish sendkeys from actual keyboard input -
is there any way to know onginal keyboard input by a user manually or input using SENDKEYS? i am trying to build a software in my regional language that can use to type in all windows applications..... for that i set a global keyboard hook.... when the user types it takes the key and

[02/03] Sendkeys Alternative -
I currently am using Sendkeys to send keyboard input to my application. I know the application works because I can open up notepad and the correct text is entered into notepad. However the application I am trying to send keyboard input to does not respond to sendkeys. Can I use an api

SendKeys using DirectX's DirectInput -
Since DirectInput works at the lowest level and obtains input directly from the keyboard, is it possible to invoke a SendKeys type function? It seems as though it would be possible. If not, what can do a better job than SendKeys, the SendInput API, and the Keyb_Event API?

Sendkeys-equivilant -
hello world is there any API function that does the effect of sendkeys, but can distinguish between the right- from left-sided Ctrl, Alt, and Shift buttons. e.g. if i need to simulate pressing the right Alt+Shift combination. sendkeys CAN NOT do that any ideas regards 2 u

sendkeys alternative -
i need to do something like sendkeys but i need it be just like your hitting the key on your keyboard. anyone know the exact code when you hit a keyboard key?

H E L P I Need Input On The Screen -
Well, I would like to enter the data with a keyboard and also with a touchscreen so each command button of the form has to fill up the keyboard buffer just like you should press a key on the keyboard. Do you understand? An example when i press 3 * (buttons on the form)

Easy Challenge: SendKeys “%4” on French keyboard -
Hello, I have written an application that is being used in France and it is using the SendKeys function. It works fine with everything that I am doing except when I try to send an alt 4 combination. It works fine with a US keyboard but I can't seem to get it to work on the French ke

lock keyboard while application is running -
I have a process that runs every 5 seconds in the background. Basically, it looks for a certain pop-up window, if it finds it, it needs to take over the keyboard for some sendkeys commands. Well, it works fine, except when a user accidently types somethign while the process is using

SendKeys function -
I am writing an app in VB6 to run on an XP machine. Having trouble using the AppActivate and SendKeys functions, the keyboard buffer does not seem to get the input at times. Same app runs runs fine on a Win 98 machine. Any ideas? Gabe

Need sendkeys help please -
Hi all, My keyboard on my laptop was acting up in the past but now its gone totally. My function key (fn) and/or my "f8" key are broken. I plugged in an external keyboard and to my amazement that I never noticed before that there isnt a "fn" key on a standard key

sustitute SendMessage for SendKeys help -
Thank you all in advance for your help. I am still green at this. I have some code (below) that I pulled together. I am using the code to SendKeys to various computers running VNC (Virtual Network Computing software) on a LAN. Most people here have said that SendKeys is unreliable. We

Class - Input - Replaces SendKeys -
Title SendKeys (With directive focus) Refer to MSDN for more information on SendKeys License info You must credit the author Author name Shane Findley System Requirements ME/2000/XP/VISTA __ VB6/1.1/2.0/3.0/3.5 .NET Framework

Using SendKeys to access the + on the Numberpad -
I've been crawling the net for a week trying to figure this out and haven't yet. I need to have the SendKeys command send the + on the Numberpad instead of the + on the regular part of the keyboard. The reason for this is I'm making a macro program for a game and the numberpad + key

Will SendKeys.Send ever be replaced so that it's more reliable -
Hello guys and gals! It's pretty common that we get people in here asking about sendkeys, and usually most gurus and moderators will suggest that it's not really the best idea, because it's really not. One of the main problems with the concept, is ofcourse stray keyboard focus.

Keyboard settings - Input locales -
I need to read the keyboard setting, under Input locales (I have to swith between danish keyboard and US Keyboard). How do I do that?

keystroke question -
Hi guys, i am coding an application for touchscreen units and have make a keyboard for onscreen data entry. Trouble is i can't figure out how to tell which keys are pressed on the keyboard. I use a temp variable to store keys pressed on my screen keyboard but i also need to add strokes

Disabling keyboard -
Hi, Can anybody suggest how to disable the whole keyboard? I don't want the client to give any input from keyboard. But, I want to use mouse. I want to make keyboard like its disconnected physically from CPU. Can anybody help me.. Thanking You.

[2005] Initialize Critical Section for SendKeys -
I am filling out fields in webforms through a little app I've written. Some of these forms use the read-only type "file" for input. Because this field is read only, I am using a simple sendkeys routine to fill them out. The code that does that looks like this: If Not I

SendInput API - How do you use it -
I've been trying to use the SendKeys functions in a program and have come to the conclusion that it simply won't work for my application ... so I'm trying to figure out how to use the SendInput API. I've been to the VBAPI web-site, but the example they give is currently beyond my under

SendKeys Syntax Help -
Hi, I would like to enable the "Use proxy server for your LAN" in control panel and add a specified address and port. I can get to the settings applet, but I cannot enable the checkbox. (SHIFT+X) enables it using the keyboard manually. I am using the SendKeys metho

Reading KeyPress from 2nd USB Keyboard -
Greetings all. I've had a chance to read through a lot of great information; you guys are doing a great service for the community. I'm running Windows XP (SP2) with VB 6. I have 2 USB keyboards (Logitech keyboard as my primary keyboard and a Cypress keyboard as a secondary, I hav

Direct Input 8.1: Keyboard Numbers -
I am using a keyboard as input for a game that a friend and I are writing. When using direct input, it sends a numerical code representing every key on the keyboard. I was curious of a way to convert that numerical code into the key name it represents. The only way I know of is a massi

Testing keyboard status -
Hello Everybody, I am using the code: "SendKeys "%+"" to toggle my keyboard between English and Hebrew. How can I test the status of the keyboard, before using this code, to find out in what language is the keyboard now. Thanks abundle, Avraham

add keyboard (Input Locale) -
does anyone know how to add a keyboard (Input Locale) on windows 2000? I want to add the Input Locale: French (Canada) Keyboard Lasyout/IME: Canadian French Any ideas? VB or a dos command will do.. Thank you

Set cursor position. And using SendKeys function. -
How do I set the cursor position on a form, and how do I use the SendKeys function in vb .NET I need to know how to set the coordinates for my mouse, make it click, and use api or whatever to simulate (like in SendKeys function) pressing keys on keyboard

Sendkeys query -
Hi all, I've as part of my final year degree project i'm using the sendkeys function to control an OCR program and thus simplify any user input needed. The problem is that using sendkeys seems to turn number lock on and off, and ideas? cheers Mike.

avoiding -
how can i avoid an input from keyboard in an input box in the key_down procedure i call a function that is linked to the ok button on the form I use the enter from the keyboard for the key_down and the focus is on an input box

SendKeys/RichTextBox Discussion (Part 2) -
Ok, I'm not sure if anyone is still interested in the subject, but this is kind of an extension of this thread: http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.php?t=347527 I was playing around with SendKeys last night because of certian characters displaying wrong in a RichTextBox (RTB) when yo

[2005] Disable mouse and keyboard input -
Is there a way I can do this easily? I have a main form loading with 3 check boxes that the user can choose, mouse input , keyboard input or both. Instead of loading 3 seperate forms is there a way I can just disable input from mouse if they choose keyboard only or disable keyboard if

keystroke / keyboard emulation -
Hi, I want to create a form that is act as mini keyboard, let say with 4 buttons "A" "B" "C" "D" when clicking on those button, it will act as press the keyboard letter A, B,C or D and put the value on to the input field that is focusing on th

[ask] blocking keyboard press -
dear guys i have a text box but i want the input is from the button in the form. i don't want from the keyboard can i block the keyboard from pressing???? thx

Incoming keyboard input -
how can i detect keyboard input when my form is not focused... (eg. When shift + A +K is pressed it hides itself...)

Capture keyboard input -
Hello there, I need to make a program that can capture keyboard input from any window that has input focus. Anybody can help me out with some piece of code?

disable Keyboard input -
a PC has 2 input devices (Keyboard and Barcode Reader). I just want to use Barcode Reader in the VB program. Can we disable Keyboard input only in the VB program? I have tried to set KeyAscii=0 in KeyPress event. It can disable the Keyboard input It also disable the Barcode R

Using SendKeys to Send Number Pad Numbers -
I would like to be able to use SendKeys to send Alt plus 386 on the number pad. Note that I must use the number pad and not the numbers on the main keyboard. I've seen references that say you can use something like SendKeys "%{Pad3}{Pad8}{Pad6}" but that gives an error.

How do you emulate a keyboard key being pressed -
I have some code which hooks the keyboard and can read the keys that are being pressed. How would you get it to emulate a keyboard press from another. For example you press "1" and it in turn it emulates you pressing "2" "3". I have seen something ab

message hooking using WH_GETMESSAGE -
hi friends, I want to write a code to hook a specific application that is running in the window. All messages will be hooked incloding sendkeys... I tried it by shellhook and then keyboard hook but it did not work for sendkeys. Plz help......Urge

picking up keyboard input no matter what control has focus -
I am trying to write generalized code to handle keyboard input, regardless of the active control's keyborad subroutine. is that posible? I am working with VB 6 if you must know

Need help using sendkeys and input box's! - Solved -
i use an input box to get an answer from the user , its very easy using a picture or text box because the syntax is this " + your_name;" but im using sendkeys to notepad and it doesnt seem to have a syntax that works properly cheers ben

Keyboard lights -
Hey all, I've seen certain visualization apps that were able to play around with (turning on and off) the keyboard lights. The wierd thing is that it never affected the actual state of the keyboard (ie. the caps light could be blinking but the caps property didn't change). Does an