c# Sending keyboard commands to another window / process

monkeylumps picture monkeylumps · Dec 22, 2011 · Viewed 68.7k times · Source

I am trying to write a program that will take a line of data and pass it into another window / process.

This is the code I have so far, but I have not been able to work out how I would send the keyboard command to the OUTLOOK process.

I would like to be able to use the Tab command / key and the Enter command / key.

This is what I have tried so far

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.IO;
using System.Threading;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace Config
{
    class Program
    {
        [STAThread]
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(30);//300000
            TextReader tr = new StreamReader("config.txt");
            Clipboard.SetText(tr.ReadLine());
            tr.Close();

            var proc = Process.GetProcessesByName("OUTLOOK").FirstOrDefault();
            if (proc != null && proc.MainWindowHandle != IntPtr.Zero)
            {
                SetForegroundWindow(proc.MainWindowHandle);
                //SendKeys.Send("{ENTER}");
                //   Clipboard.GetText();
            }
        }

        [DllImport("user32")]
        private static extern bool SetForegroundWindow(IntPtr hwnd);
    }
}

Answer

Elastep picture Elastep · Dec 22, 2011
[DllImport("user32.dll")]
private static extern IntPtr FindWindow(string lpClassName, string lpWindowName);

[DllImport("user32.dll")]
private static extern bool SetForegroundWindow(IntPtr hWnd);

public void Start()
{
    IntPtr zero = IntPtr.Zero;
    for (int i = 0; (i < 60) && (zero == IntPtr.Zero); i++)
    {
        Thread.Sleep(500);
        zero = FindWindow(null, "YourWindowName");
    }
    if (zero != IntPtr.Zero)
    {
        SetForegroundWindow(zero);
        SendKeys.SendWait("{TAB}");
        SendKeys.SendWait("{TAB}");
        SendKeys.SendWait("{ENTER}");
        SendKeys.Flush();
    }
}

Try smth like this.