How would you go about sending key commands or keypresses of particular keys in C#, specifically numbers.
For instance I would like to simulate typing "512" programatically.
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1I'm a little lost, how would you keypress an integer without simulation? – Quintin Robinson Jan 12 '11 at 17:12
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3Please explain what "keypressing" an integer variable means. – Oded Jan 12 '11 at 17:12
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Do you already know how to simulate key-pressing chars and what to know how to do it with integers? Or is simulating key-pressing the real question here? – Austin Salonen Jan 12 '11 at 17:13
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Here's an example. The integer is 512, I know I could simulate keypressing it by entering the key 5, then 1, and finally 2. But as I say - it's not constant so I don't know how to do it. – John black Jan 12 '11 at 17:14
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@John black: Is this what you mean: you have a key code, and you want to trigger whatever mechanism exists in a UI you're interacting with corresponding to the keypress for that code? – Dan Tao Jan 12 '11 at 17:15
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@John black - How are you simulating? What with? What do you mean by "simulate keypressing"? – Oded Jan 12 '11 at 17:15
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In that case you need to raise an event on a Visual Object, let's say a text box – Carlos Valenzuela Jan 12 '11 at 17:16
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Please reopen the question so I could accept m0sa's answer. It's a real question, I just didn't describe it well. – John black Jan 12 '11 at 17:18
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3I kind of think the SO users were too quick to close this one. You gave the poor guy like 5 minutes to clarify his question. – Dan Tao Jan 12 '11 at 17:18
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If you would use inputsimulator you could just do:
var number = 2011;
InputSimulator.SimulateTextEntry(number.ToString());
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An integer variable doesn't have a UI, so can't have a keypress.
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@John black - If you know how to do this with a boolean, that will show you the way. – Oded Jan 12 '11 at 17:13
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