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  1. November 6th, 2008, 06:36 PM #1
    deadalous
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    sending mouse clicks to specified position upon receiving keyboard input

    Hey there,
    Basicly i am trying to make an application using VB.NET 2005 which Sends a mouse click to any given position ( even if its not in my application's area) upon pressing the SPACE keyStroke.
    the bad thing is it works for 1 iteration :/
    i mean when the click is outside the application's area, the application becomes minimized so when i HIT SPACE key again the input wont be sent to my application to make it send another click:/
    how can i always make sure that my Keystroke will reach my application even if it is not ON TOP, i dont mind if there is a way to keep it always on top i only want to use my keystroke as many times i want ...
    i tried


    Me.TopMost = True

    it does keep it in the foreground but not ACTIVE.
    any help is apreciated
    sorry for my bad english but i am very sleepy atm after hours of searching
    thanks
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  2. November 7th, 2008, 05:50 AM #2
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    Re: sending mouse clicks to specified position upon receiving keyboard input

    Lookup keyboard hooking, there are several articles and threads detailing this here on CG...

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  3. November 16th, 2008, 06:54 AM #3
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    Re: sending mouse clicks to specified position upon receiving keyboard input

    I am still fighting it with no luck... i wish you could fire me up with some link it would be more helpful.
    thanks
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  4. November 20th, 2008, 03:16 PM #4
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    Re: sending mouse clicks to specified position upon receiving keyboard input

    Quote Originally Posted by deadalous View Post
    I am still fighting it with no luck... i wish you could fire me up with some link it would be more helpful.
    thanks
    FYI
    http://www.codeguru.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1759011
    The difficulty is that you have no idea how difficult it is.

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