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Newcomers DBPro Corner / How to create a program which makes the computer think a key is being pressed when it isn't?

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Xlaydos
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Posted: 4th Apr 2005 07:42
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How do i make a program which makes the computer think a key is being pressed when it isn't?

Is this possible in DB / DBP or will i need another program
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Ric
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Posted: 4th Apr 2005 09:22
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You could assign a boolean variable to the key, eg.

if spacekey()=1 then keypress=1 else keypress=0

Then saying 'keypress=1' would give the same result as if the spacekey was pressed.

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Posted: 4th Apr 2005 17:22
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I think Xlaydos means for making other programs, not just his Dark Basic program think the spacekey is being pressed. For example programs like As-U-Type (think thats how its spelt) where it intercepts the keyboard data, modifies it and sends new key presses to other programs to correct spelling or to use macros. I don't think its possible in DBPro as you need to do some low level commands which you don't have access to. I might be wrong though.

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BearCDPOLD
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If you're just wanting characters, you can write the characters into arrays and such, if you're actually wanting to send a signal to the computer saying "user has pressed button X, button Y, button Z" in order to do things like system commands (Ctrl-Alt-Delete maybe?) you're going to want to try C++ with some low-level commands, or something else with similar functionality.

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Xlaydos
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I need it so it can load up a file or website or something and select a certain area with the mouse, click there, then type something in :S
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