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How to send keystrokes to an application in C++

I'm trying to make a program to open Acrobat files using Adobe Acrobat Reader and save them in a text file, automatically. What I want my program to do is:

  • open the pdf
  • send Alt + Tab //to move to the acrobat tab
  • send Alt + F //to open file
  • send Down Down Down Down (4 times) //to select 'save as text' option
  • send Enter // to save

I'm using Windows OS. can someone please help me on how to do this?

Well my finel goal is to save the title and author of about 2500 pdf files in a database automatically, what are the better ways you suggested ? this was what i came up with.

Solution

  • Try AutoIt. From it's website:

    "AutoIt is a freeware Windows automation language. It can be used to script most simple Windows-based tasks."