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    Question Sending keystrokes to other Applications (Windows XP)

    Hello !

    I'm thinking about a way to send keystrokes/text strings to other, non-QT applications.
    I'm wondering if it is possible to use the win32 api to send keypress-events to specific windows. My problem is how to get, the WindowID of, say Word or Notepad. I tried to use EnumDesktops and EnumDesktopWindows, but i really have no clue how to do it. I wanted to use mingwm's libuser32 and mingw's winduser.h but to no success (lots of problems with typedefs, maybe i can unwind this sometime...)

    Anyway, is this the way to go ? Or are there simpler methods ? I was also thinking about using the clipboard to transfer text...

    TIA, Simon

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    Default Re: Sending keystrokes to other Applications (Windows XP)

    Try the FindWindow family functions to get the window handle for a specific window.
    Also you can all the existing windows, but it would be a little difficult to select the actual windows.

    Do a little search on www.codeproject.com, because there are a few Spy++-like projects.

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