Using SendInput from The user32 Library

Category:

System/API

Type:

Snippets

Difficulty:

Intermediate

Author:

Anonymous

Version Compatibility: Visual Basic.NET

More information:

This snippet of VB.NET code shows you how to use SendInput from the user32 library with mouse clicks.

Instructions: Copy the declarations and code below and paste directly into your VB project.

Declarations:
Public Structure MOUSEINPUT Public dx As Integer Public dy As Integer Public mouseData As Integer Public dwFlags As Integer Public dwtime As Integer Public dwExtraInfo As Integer End Structure Public Structure INPUT_TYPE Public dwType As Integer Public xi As MOUSEINPUT End Structure Private Declare Function SendInput Lib "user32.dll" (ByVal nInputs As Integer, ByRef pInputs As INPUT_TYPE, ByVal cbSize As Integer) As Integer Const M_MOVE = &H1 Const M_LD = &H2 Const M_LU = &H4

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