I got into a little trouble sending keys. It seems like when ever I want to send keys It doesn't work.
I'm thinking about sending alphabetic characters such as T to bring the chat up from example, but If I write It to the enum, nothing happens whenever I use them. Any ideas?
[DllImport("user32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Auto, SetLastError = false)]
public static extern IntPtr SendMessage(IntPtr hWnd, int Msg, int wParam, int lParam);
[DllImport("user32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
public static extern IntPtr FindWindow(string lpClassName, string lpWindowName);
/// <summary>
/// Virtual Keys
/// </summary>
public enum VirtualKeyStates : int
{
VK_LBUTTON = 0x01,
VK_RBUTTON = 0x02,
VK_CANCEL = 0x03,
VK_MBUTTON = 0x04,
//
VK_XBUTTON1 = 0x05,
VK_XBUTTON2 = 0x06,
//
VK_BACK = 0x08,
VK_TAB = 0x09,
//
VK_CLEAR = 0x0C,
VK_RETURN = 0x0D,
//
VK_SHIFT = 0x10,
VK_CONTROL = 0x11,
VK_MENU = 0x12,
VK_PAUSE = 0x13,
VK_CAPITAL = 0x14,
//
VK_KANA = 0x15,
VK_HANGEUL = 0x15, /* old name - should be here for compatibility */
VK_HANGUL = 0x15,
VK_JUNJA = 0x17,
VK_FINAL = 0x18,
VK_HANJA = 0x19,
VK_KANJI = 0x19,
//
VK_ESCAPE = 0x1B,
//
VK_CONVERT = 0x1C,
VK_NONCONVERT = 0x1D,
VK_ACCEPT = 0x1E,
VK_MODECHANGE = 0x1F,
//
VK_SPACE = 0x20,
VK_PRIOR = 0x21,
VK_NEXT = 0x22,
VK_END = 0x23,
VK_HOME = 0x24,
VK_LEFT = 0x25,
VK_UP = 0x26,
VK_RIGHT = 0x27,
VK_DOWN = 0x28,
VK_SELECT = 0x29,
VK_PRINT = 0x2A,
VK_EXECUTE = 0x2B,
VK_SNAPSHOT = 0x2C,
VK_INSERT = 0x2D,
VK_DELETE = 0x2E,
VK_HELP = 0x2F,
//
VK_LWIN = 0x5B,
VK_RWIN = 0x5C,
VK_APPS = 0x5D,
//
VK_SLEEP = 0x5F,
//
VK_NUMPAD0 = 0x60,
VK_NUMPAD1 = 0x61,
VK_NUMPAD2 = 0x62,
VK_NUMPAD3 = 0x63,
VK_NUMPAD4 = 0x64,
VK_NUMPAD5 = 0x65,
VK_NUMPAD6 = 0x66,
VK_NUMPAD7 = 0x67,
VK_NUMPAD8 = 0x68,
VK_NUMPAD9 = 0x69,
VK_MULTIPLY = 0x6A,
VK_ADD = 0x6B,
VK_SEPARATOR = 0x6C,
VK_SUBTRACT = 0x6D,
VK_DECIMAL = 0x6E,
VK_DIVIDE = 0x6F,
VK_F1 = 0x70,
VK_F2 = 0x71,
VK_F3 = 0x72,
VK_F4 = 0x73,
VK_F5 = 0x74,
VK_F6 = 0x75,
VK_F7 = 0x76,
VK_F8 = 0x77,
VK_F9 = 0x78,
VK_F10 = 0x79,
VK_F11 = 0x7A,
VK_F12 = 0x7B,
VK_F13 = 0x7C,
VK_F14 = 0x7D,
VK_F15 = 0x7E,
VK_F16 = 0x7F,
VK_F17 = 0x80,
VK_F18 = 0x81,
VK_F19 = 0x82,
VK_F20 = 0x83,
VK_F21 = 0x84,
VK_F22 = 0x85,
VK_F23 = 0x86,
VK_F24 = 0x87,
//
VK_NUMLOCK = 0x90,
VK_SCROLL = 0x91,
//
VK_OEM_NEC_EQUAL = 0x92, // '=' key on numpad
//
VK_OEM_FJ_JISHO = 0x92, // 'Dictionary' key
VK_OEM_FJ_MASSHOU = 0x93, // 'Unregister word' key
VK_OEM_FJ_TOUROKU = 0x94, // 'Register word' key
VK_OEM_FJ_LOYA = 0x95, // 'Left OYAYUBI' key
VK_OEM_FJ_ROYA = 0x96, // 'Right OYAYUBI' key
//
VK_LSHIFT = 0xA0,
VK_RSHIFT = 0xA1,
VK_LCONTROL = 0xA2,
VK_RCONTROL = 0xA3,
VK_LMENU = 0xA4,
VK_RMENU = 0xA5,
//
VK_BROWSER_BACK = 0xA6,
VK_BROWSER_FORWARD = 0xA7,
VK_BROWSER_REFRESH = 0xA8,
VK_BROWSER_STOP = 0xA9,
VK_BROWSER_SEARCH = 0xAA,
VK_BROWSER_FAVORITES = 0xAB,
VK_BROWSER_HOME = 0xAC,
//
VK_VOLUME_MUTE = 0xAD,
VK_VOLUME_DOWN = 0xAE,
VK_VOLUME_UP = 0xAF,
VK_MEDIA_NEXT_TRACK = 0xB0,
VK_MEDIA_PREV_TRACK = 0xB1,
VK_MEDIA_STOP = 0xB2,
VK_MEDIA_PLAY_PAUSE = 0xB3,
VK_LAUNCH_MAIL = 0xB4,
VK_LAUNCH_MEDIA_SELECT = 0xB5,
VK_LAUNCH_APP1 = 0xB6,
VK_LAUNCH_APP2 = 0xB7,
//
VK_OEM_1 = 0xBA, // ';:' for US
VK_OEM_PLUS = 0xBB, // '+' any country
VK_OEM_COMMA = 0xBC, // ',' any country
VK_OEM_MINUS = 0xBD, // '-' any country
VK_OEM_PERIOD = 0xBE, // '.' any country
VK_OEM_2 = 0xBF, // '/?' for US
VK_OEM_3 = 0xC0, // '`~' for US
//
VK_OEM_4 = 0xDB, // '[{' for US
VK_OEM_5 = 0xDC, // '|' for US
VK_OEM_6 = 0xDD, // ']}' for US
VK_OEM_7 = 0xDE, // ''"' for US
VK_OEM_8 = 0xDF,
//
VK_OEM_AX = 0xE1, // 'AX' key on Japanese AX kbd
VK_OEM_102 = 0xE2, // "<>" or "|" on RT 102-key kbd.
VK_ICO_HELP = 0xE3, // Help key on ICO
VK_ICO_00 = 0xE4, // 00 key on ICO
//
VK_PROCESSKEY = 0xE5,
//
VK_ICO_CLEAR = 0xE6,
//
VK_PACKET = 0xE7,
//
VK_OEM_RESET = 0xE9,
VK_OEM_JUMP = 0xEA,
VK_OEM_PA1 = 0xEB,
VK_OEM_PA2 = 0xEC,
VK_OEM_PA3 = 0xED,
VK_OEM_WSCTRL = 0xEE,
VK_OEM_CUSEL = 0xEF,
VK_OEM_ATTN = 0xF0,
VK_OEM_FINISH = 0xF1,
VK_OEM_COPY = 0xF2,
VK_OEM_AUTO = 0xF3,
VK_OEM_ENLW = 0xF4,
VK_OEM_BACKTAB = 0xF5,
//
VK_ATTN = 0xF6,
VK_CRSEL = 0xF7,
VK_EXSEL = 0xF8,
VK_EREOF = 0xF9,
VK_PLAY = 0xFA,
VK_ZOOM = 0xFB,
VK_NONAME = 0xFC,
VK_PA1 = 0xFD,
VK_OEM_CLEAR = 0xFE,
//
VK_0 = 0x30,
VK_1 = 0x31,
VK_2 = 0x32,
VK_3 = 0x33,
VK_4 = 0x34,
VK_5 = 0x35,
VK_6 = 0x36,
VK_7 = 0x37,
VK_8 = 0x38,
VK_9 = 0x39
}
///summary>
/// Virtual Messages
/// </summary>
public enum WMessages : int
/// <summary>
/// Sends a message to the specified window
/// </summary>
/// <param name="winTitle">string Title of window</param>
/// <param name="Key">Virtual key code of the key to send</param>
public static void ControlSendMessage(string winTitle, VirtualKeyStates Key, bool shift)
{
IntPtr hWnd = FindWindow(null, winTitle);
if (shift == true)
{
//send shift down
SendMessage(hWnd, 0x100, (int)VirtualKeyStates.VK_SHIFT, 0);
//send key down
SendMessage(hWnd, 0x100, (int)Key, 0);
//sleep 50ms
Thread.Sleep(50);
//send key up
SendMessage(hWnd, 0x101, (int)Key, 0);
//send shift up
SendMessage(hWnd, 0x101, (int)VirtualKeyStates.VK_SHIFT, 0);
}
else
{
//send key down
SendMessage(hWnd, 0x100, (int)Key, 0);
//sleep 50ms
Thread.Sleep(50);
//send key up
SendMessage(hWnd, 0x101, (int)Key, 0);
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Sends a Keydown message(0x100) to the specified window with a Virtual Key
/// </summary>
/// <param name="winTitle">Window Title</param>
/// <param name="Key">Virtual Key to Send</param>
public static void KeyDown(string winTitle, VirtualKeyStates Key)
{
IntPtr hWnd = FindWindow(null, winTitle);
SendMessage(hWnd, 0x100, (int)Key, 0);
}
/// <summary>
/// Sends a Keydup message(0x101) to the specified window with a Virtual Key
/// </summary>
/// <param name="winTitle">Window Title</param>
/// <param name="Key">Virtual Key to Send</param>
public static void KeyUp(string winTitle, VirtualKeyStates Key)
{
IntPtr hWnd = FindWindow(null, winTitle);
SendMessage(hWnd, 0x101, (int)Key, 0);
}
/// <summary>
/// Sends a message to the specified handle
/// </summary>
public void _SendMessage(IntPtr handle, int Msg, int wParam, int lParam)
{
SendMessage(handle, Msg, wParam, lParam);
}
Seems like this question is raising a lot of views, so here is my solution that I did before (I collected the inputs from a site, and made It to an enum for easier usage.):
/// <summary>
/// My own question as reference: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/35138778/sending-keys-to-a-directx-game
/// http://www.gamespp.com/directx/directInputKeyboardScanCodes.html
/// </summary>
public class Keyboard
{
[Flags]
public enum InputType
{
Mouse = 0,
Keyboard = 1,
Hardware = 2
}
[Flags]
public enum KeyEventF
{
KeyDown = 0x0000,
ExtendedKey = 0x0001,
KeyUp = 0x0002,
Unicode = 0x0004,
Scancode = 0x0008,
}
[DllImport("user32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
private static extern uint SendInput(uint nInputs, Input[] pInputs, int cbSize);
[DllImport("user32.dll")]
private static extern IntPtr GetMessageExtraInfo();
/// <summary>
/// DirectX key list collected out from the gamespp.com list by me.
/// </summary>
public enum DirectXKeyStrokes
{
DIK_ESCAPE = 0x01,
DIK_1 = 0x02,
DIK_2 = 0x03,
DIK_3 = 0x04,
DIK_4 = 0x05,
DIK_5 = 0x06,
DIK_6 = 0x07,
DIK_7 = 0x08,
DIK_8 = 0x09,
DIK_9 = 0x0A,
DIK_0 = 0x0B,
DIK_MINUS = 0x0C,
DIK_EQUALS = 0x0D,
DIK_BACK = 0x0E,
DIK_TAB = 0x0F,
DIK_Q = 0x10,
DIK_W = 0x11,
DIK_E = 0x12,
DIK_R = 0x13,
DIK_T = 0x14,
DIK_Y = 0x15,
DIK_U = 0x16,
DIK_I = 0x17,
DIK_O = 0x18,
DIK_P = 0x19,
DIK_LBRACKET = 0x1A,
DIK_RBRACKET = 0x1B,
DIK_RETURN = 0x1C,
DIK_LCONTROL = 0x1D,
DIK_A = 0x1E,
DIK_S = 0x1F,
DIK_D = 0x20,
DIK_F = 0x21,
DIK_G = 0x22,
DIK_H = 0x23,
DIK_J = 0x24,
DIK_K = 0x25,
DIK_L = 0x26,
DIK_SEMICOLON = 0x27,
DIK_APOSTROPHE = 0x28,
DIK_GRAVE = 0x29,
DIK_LSHIFT = 0x2A,
DIK_BACKSLASH = 0x2B,
DIK_Z = 0x2C,
DIK_X = 0x2D,
DIK_C = 0x2E,
DIK_V = 0x2F,
DIK_B = 0x30,
DIK_N = 0x31,
DIK_M = 0x32,
DIK_COMMA = 0x33,
DIK_PERIOD = 0x34,
DIK_SLASH = 0x35,
DIK_RSHIFT = 0x36,
DIK_MULTIPLY = 0x37,
DIK_LMENU = 0x38,
DIK_SPACE = 0x39,
DIK_CAPITAL = 0x3A,
DIK_F1 = 0x3B,
DIK_F2 = 0x3C,
DIK_F3 = 0x3D,
DIK_F4 = 0x3E,
DIK_F5 = 0x3F,
DIK_F6 = 0x40,
DIK_F7 = 0x41,
DIK_F8 = 0x42,
DIK_F9 = 0x43,
DIK_F10 = 0x44,
DIK_NUMLOCK = 0x45,
DIK_SCROLL = 0x46,
DIK_NUMPAD7 = 0x47,
DIK_NUMPAD8 = 0x48,
DIK_NUMPAD9 = 0x49,
DIK_SUBTRACT = 0x4A,
DIK_NUMPAD4 = 0x4B,
DIK_NUMPAD5 = 0x4C,
DIK_NUMPAD6 = 0x4D,
DIK_ADD = 0x4E,
DIK_NUMPAD1 = 0x4F,
DIK_NUMPAD2 = 0x50,
DIK_NUMPAD3 = 0x51,
DIK_NUMPAD0 = 0x52,
DIK_DECIMAL = 0x53,
DIK_F11 = 0x57,
DIK_F12 = 0x58,
DIK_F13 = 0x64,
DIK_F14 = 0x65,
DIK_F15 = 0x66,
DIK_KANA = 0x70,
DIK_CONVERT = 0x79,
DIK_NOCONVERT = 0x7B,
DIK_YEN = 0x7D,
DIK_NUMPADEQUALS = 0x8D,
DIK_CIRCUMFLEX = 0x90,
DIK_AT = 0x91,
DIK_COLON = 0x92,
DIK_UNDERLINE = 0x93,
DIK_KANJI = 0x94,
DIK_STOP = 0x95,
DIK_AX = 0x96,
DIK_UNLABELED = 0x97,
DIK_NUMPADENTER = 0x9C,
DIK_RCONTROL = 0x9D,
DIK_NUMPADCOMMA = 0xB3,
DIK_DIVIDE = 0xB5,
DIK_SYSRQ = 0xB7,
DIK_RMENU = 0xB8,
DIK_HOME = 0xC7,
DIK_UP = 0xC8,
DIK_PRIOR = 0xC9,
DIK_LEFT = 0xCB,
DIK_RIGHT = 0xCD,
DIK_END = 0xCF,
DIK_DOWN = 0xD0,
DIK_NEXT = 0xD1,
DIK_INSERT = 0xD2,
DIK_DELETE = 0xD3,
DIK_LWIN = 0xDB,
DIK_RWIN = 0xDC,
DIK_APPS = 0xDD,
DIK_BACKSPACE = DIK_BACK,
DIK_NUMPADSTAR = DIK_MULTIPLY,
DIK_LALT = DIK_LMENU,
DIK_CAPSLOCK = DIK_CAPITAL,
DIK_NUMPADMINUS = DIK_SUBTRACT,
DIK_NUMPADPLUS = DIK_ADD,
DIK_NUMPADPERIOD = DIK_DECIMAL,
DIK_NUMPADSLASH = DIK_DIVIDE,
DIK_RALT = DIK_RMENU,
DIK_UPARROW = DIK_UP,
DIK_PGUP = DIK_PRIOR,
DIK_LEFTARROW = DIK_LEFT,
DIK_RIGHTARROW = DIK_RIGHT,
DIK_DOWNARROW = DIK_DOWN,
DIK_PGDN = DIK_NEXT,
// Mined these out of nowhere.
DIK_LEFTMOUSEBUTTON = 0x100,
DIK_RIGHTMOUSEBUTTON = 0x101,
DIK_MIDDLEWHEELBUTTON = 0x102,
DIK_MOUSEBUTTON3 = 0x103,
DIK_MOUSEBUTTON4 = 0x104,
DIK_MOUSEBUTTON5 = 0x105,
DIK_MOUSEBUTTON6 = 0x106,
DIK_MOUSEBUTTON7 = 0x107,
DIK_MOUSEWHEELUP = 0x108,
DIK_MOUSEWHEELDOWN = 0x109,
}
/// <summary>
/// Sends a directx key.
/// http://www.gamespp.com/directx/directInputKeyboardScanCodes.html
/// </summary>
/// <param name="key"></param>
/// <param name="KeyUp"></param>
/// <param name="inputType"></param>
public static void SendKey(DirectXKeyStrokes key, bool KeyUp, InputType inputType)
{
uint flagtosend;
if (KeyUp)
{
flagtosend = (uint) (KeyEventF.KeyUp | KeyEventF.Scancode);
}
else
{
flagtosend = (uint) (KeyEventF.KeyDown | KeyEventF.Scancode);
}
Input[] inputs =
{
new Input
{
type = (int) inputType,
u = new InputUnion
{
ki = new KeyboardInput
{
wVk = 0,
wScan = (ushort) key,
dwFlags = flagtosend,
dwExtraInfo = GetMessageExtraInfo()
}
}
}
};
SendInput((uint) inputs.Length, inputs, Marshal.SizeOf(typeof(Input)));
}
/// <summary>
/// Sends a directx key.
/// http://www.gamespp.com/directx/directInputKeyboardScanCodes.html
/// </summary>
/// <param name="key"></param>
/// <param name="KeyUp"></param>
/// <param name="inputType"></param>
public static void SendKey(ushort key, bool KeyUp, InputType inputType)
{
uint flagtosend;
if (KeyUp)
{
flagtosend = (uint) (KeyEventF.KeyUp | KeyEventF.Scancode);
}
else
{
flagtosend = (uint) (KeyEventF.KeyDown | KeyEventF.Scancode);
}
Input[] inputs =
{
new Input
{
type = (int) inputType,
u = new InputUnion
{
ki = new KeyboardInput
{
wVk = 0,
wScan = key,
dwFlags = flagtosend,
dwExtraInfo = GetMessageExtraInfo()
}
}
}
};
SendInput((uint) inputs.Length, inputs, Marshal.SizeOf(typeof(Input)));
}
public struct Input
{
public int type;
public InputUnion u;
}
[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Explicit)]
public struct InputUnion
{
[FieldOffset(0)] public readonly MouseInput mi;
[FieldOffset(0)] public KeyboardInput ki;
[FieldOffset(0)] public readonly HardwareInput hi;
}
[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
public struct MouseInput
{
public readonly int dx;
public readonly int dy;
public readonly uint mouseData;
public readonly uint dwFlags;
public readonly uint time;
public readonly IntPtr dwExtraInfo;
}
[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
public struct KeyboardInput
{
public ushort wVk;
public ushort wScan;
public uint dwFlags;
public readonly uint time;
public IntPtr dwExtraInfo;
}
[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
public struct HardwareInput
{
public readonly uint uMsg;
public readonly ushort wParamL;
public readonly ushort wParamH;
}
}