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Subject: Simulate Mouse Click
Category: Computers > Programming
Asked by: afmatt-ga
List Price: $10.00
Posted: 22 Oct 2006 19:37 PDT
Expires: 21 Nov 2006 18:37 PST
Question ID: 775936
Is there a way using Windows API calls to simulate a mouse click at a
specific location WITHOUT moving the mouse to that location? Most
procedures using SetCursorPos, which is what I want to avoid.
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Subject: Re: Simulate Mouse Click
From: frde-ga on 22 Oct 2006 23:49 PDT
 
If you know the handle of the control that you want to click (assuming
it has one) then you could uses SendMessage with WM_LBUTTONDOWN then
WM_LBUTTONUP.

You could look at the SendInput API

Personally I would move the mouse, do Mouse_Event and then move the
mouse back to its original position.
Subject: Re: Simulate Mouse Click
From: afmatt-ga on 25 Oct 2006 11:36 PDT
 
The control does not have a handle. Also, I do not want to move the
mouse at all. Any ideas?
Subject: Re: Simulate Mouse Click
From: frde-ga on 26 Oct 2006 00:00 PDT
 
Strictly speaking if it does not have a Handle then it is not a Control
- it will be a pseudo control drawn on a real one

Did you look into the SendInput API ?
- from MSDN I could not figure out whether a Click paid any attention
to the mouse co-ordinates in the Structure.

Why don't you want to move the Mouse ?
Maybe there is a workaround for the reason why you don't want to move it.

You might be better off asking in a programming News Group.

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