Trigger key events

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#1

is there any way to trigger key events using vvvv
i want to create interface prototypes using various physical interfaces and emulating keyboard shortcuts would be a quick and dirty way to talk to programs like photoshop or games and test out interaction techniques…

thx jakob vranz

#2

somthink like: TogEdge (Animation) ?

#3

nope, i want to trigger Windows Key Events like “CRTL + C” or “g” or whatever… basically I’m looking for something which does something similar to the behavior of “Cursor(System)” with its “Do left click” functionality but for the keyboard.

Any idea?

Jakob

#4

hmmm… problem solved… somehow didn’t see the obvious
what I need is the “Keyboard Input” of the Keyboard Node … guess I should sleep more

thx anyhow

jakob

#5

TogEdge would be only 0.02 of the solution. Note that the Keyboard (System Global) node has a little input to send keys to the frontmost application.

i remember there once was a possibilty to set the Mouse cursor as well, but i currently dont know where it went.

And there is the possibility to use HWND to get a windows handle and SendMessage to send windows messages to that window. this should basically allow to you do anything, while a little bit cyrptic. see here

#6

with GlovePIE and PPJoy you even may submit GameController commands to external software.

#7

thx…

i guess i won’t need to use the SendMessage stuff, the functionality provided by KeyBoard(System Global) should be enough. This just for very very fast prototyping anyway…

thx(kalle) also for the links, i might have a look at that stuff when I’m a little more advanced with my current work which currently really is only about trying things out…

Hopefully I can show some stuff someday

jakob

#8

“i remember there once was a possibilty to set the Mouse cursor as well, but i currently dont know where it went.”

it’s the cursor node, i used it successfully on programming a bot for a game. that was quite fun ;)