Start/stop mediaplayer (eg. Spotify) from dotnet?

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On my Microsoft keyboard I have a media player play/pause button.

This button pauses both Spotify, Mediaplay etc. so it's like it broadcasts a play/pause command.

Pressing this button gives me KeyCode = MediaPlayPause in .net.

How can I send this command from .net?

I need to pause/play Spotify from my .net app.

I've tried this...

Keyboard.SendKey(Keys.MediaPlayPause)

...

Public Class Keyboard
    Declare Sub keybd_event Lib "user32.dll" (ByVal bVk As Byte, ByVal bScan As Byte, ByVal dwFlags As Int32, ByVal dwExtraInfo As Int32)

    Public Shared Sub SendKey(ByVal key As Keys)
        keybd_event(CByte(key), 0, 0, 0)
    End Sub
End Class

No luck.

Spotify has an API that will help you: https://developer.spotify.com/docs/apps/api/1.0/api-models-player.html — user3036342, Apr 09 '14 at 09:01
Use SendInput instead http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms646304(v=vs.85).aspx — ta.speot.is, Apr 09 '14 at 09:01

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:33

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This has been already answered here
VB Simulate a key press

Anyway the full guide is here http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/172wfck9.aspx

edited May 23 '17 at 10:33

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answered Apr 09 '14 at 09:06

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