C# key/mouse detection

[weizur1]

Hello everyone. I am writing a bot for a game ( the game runs in windowed mode so I think what I need is possible ) anyway I need some way to detect key presses or mouse clicks when my program doesn't have focus. To make macros and what not ( I'll also need a way to send key and mouse clicks ), I figure this is probably in user32.dll or something but I can't find any good API documentation and was hoping someone could point me in the right direction for this. Thanks in advance!

[Robin Panther]

check this out. Hope it helps. Robin Panther http://www.robinland.com

[weizur1]

Hey thanks this looks great for the detection of events. Any ideas on how to create and send my own events from the program. ( Even better if I can send just those events to a process without having to have that process in focus but that I'm not sure is possible )

[Allah On Acid]

Just my opinion, but C++/Win32 would probably be better suited to this project. I have recently began to program in C++, and it is alot more flexible than C#. In C++, you could get the handle to the game window, and send messages directly to the program, such as key press, mouse, etc... There is an article on that here: http://www.codeproject.com/threads/sendmsg.asp And there is a free C++/Win32 IDE here: http://www.borland.com/downloads/download\_cbuilderx.html Good luck with your bot! What game are you making it for?

[weizur1]

Thanks for the response, the bot is a trading bot for Magic Online. C++ is my primary languange anyway so I'll look into that. I was mainly going for c# since it's quicker and easier to make interfaces ( I hate MFC ) I suppose I could write it in both and have the c# run the c++ program which I've done in the past but it seems like most things one can do in c++ should be possible in c# I'll have to do a bit more research.

[Robin Panther]

take a look at this function: SendMessage and examine related functions - PostMessage, SendNotifyMessage etc. ____________________________________________ Robin Panther http://www.robinland.com

[Allah On Acid]

Maybe it would be easier to write a C++ dll that the C# program can use.