PostMessage Problem

jmkhael

I want to send ALT + S to an application, ive tried: PostMessage ( hHandle , WM_SYSCHAR , 's' , 0 ); What im i doing wrong cos its not working Papa Murex Co. while (TRUE) Papa.WillLove ( Bebe ) ;

Lakitu

Try passing 0x20000000 as lParam value. According to the docs, that defines the ALT key as being pressed.

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jmkhael

PostMessage ( hHandle , WM_SYSCHAR , 's' , 0x20000000 ); didnt work? Why? Papa Murex Co. while (TRUE) Papa.WillLove ( Bebe ) ;

Lost User

See SendInput, keybd_event.

jmkhael

yeah ok, but what message to send?? is there a VK_ALT cos i didnt find any Papa Murex Co. while (TRUE) Papa.WillLove ( Bebe ) ;

Andreas Saurwein

Fill out the KEYBDINPUT structure and use .type = INPUT_KEYBOARD or use keybd_event() ...make it about Visual C++, and don't ever mention Visual Basic. Nick Hodapp (MSFT) in Semicolon[^]

jmkhael

Yes, but please, if i want to state that the keyboard event is the ALT Key, how should i do that? Papa Murex Co. while (TRUE) Papa.WillLove ( Bebe ) ;

Andreas Saurwein

Should be something like

keybd_event( VK_MENU,0,KEYEVENTF_EXTENDEDKEY,0);
keybd_event( 's',0,0,0);
// 'release' the keys
keybd_event( 's',0,KEYEVENTF_KEYUP,0);
keybd_event( VK_MENU,0,KEYEVENTF_EXTENDEDKEY|KEYEVENTF_KEYUP,0);

...make it about Visual C++, and don't ever mention Visual Basic. Nick Hodapp (MSFT) in Semicolon[^]

jmkhael

Thank u very much, long live VC++ :) ! Papa Murex Co. while (TRUE) Papa.WillLove ( Bebe ) ;