Emulating keyboard strokes in vb.net

[Paulers]

Hello,

I need to emulate keyboard strokes from a console application. The
console application monitors a textfile and when something is matched
in a text file I need the matched string outputted to the keyboard as
if someone was typing on the keyboard. can someone help me locate the
correct vb.net function to use?

Thanks!

[Peter Proost]

Re: Emulating keyboard strokes in vb.net

Have a look at:

SendKeys.Send
SendKeys.SendWa it

They do what you want.

Greetz Peter

--
Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build
bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce
bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning. (Rich Cook)

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> Hello,
>
> I need to emulate keyboard strokes from a console application. The
> console application monitors a textfile and when something is matched
> in a text file I need the matched string outputted to the keyboard as
> if someone was typing on the keyboard. can someone help me locate the
> correct vb.net function to use?
>
> Thanks!
>[/color]

[Paulers]

Re: Emulating keyboard strokes in vb.net

Thanks for the response but can I use those functions from a console
application? Or does it have to be a form applicaton?

Peter Proost wrote:[color=blue]
> Have a look at:
>
> SendKeys.Send
> SendKeys.SendWa it
>
> They do what you want.
>
> Greetz Peter
>
> --
> Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build
> bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce
> bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning. (Rich Cook)
>
> "Paulers" <SuperGh0d@gmai l.com> schreef in bericht
> news:1150171895 .121750.311990@ h76g2000cwa.goo glegroups.com.. .[color=green]
> > Hello,
> >
> > I need to emulate keyboard strokes from a console application. The
> > console application monitors a textfile and when something is matched
> > in a text file I need the matched string outputted to the keyboard as
> > if someone was typing on the keyboard. can someone help me locate the
> > correct vb.net function to use?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >[/color][/color]

[Peter Proost]

Re: Emulating keyboard strokes in vb.net

I'm sorry sendkeys indeed can't be used with a console app, I read your OP
to quick.
But can't you use Console.WriteLi ne("The matched part")
Something like this quick sample I made, it just keeps checking c:\test.txt
until it finds some text in it and the outputs it to the console if the text
is found

Sub Main()
Console.WriteLi ne("Hello I'm waiting for text in c:\test.txt")
Do While checkFile() = False
Threading.Threa d.CurrentThread .Sleep(1000)
Loop
End Sub

Private Function checkFile() As Boolean
Dim strMessage As String
Dim myReader As New FileStream("c:\ test.txt", FileMode.Open,
FileAccess.Read )
Dim myStreamReader As New StreamReader(my Reader)
strMessage = myStreamReader. ReadToEnd()
myStreamReader. Close()
myReader.Close( )
If strMessage = "" Then
Return False
Else
Console.WriteLi ne(strMessage)
Console.ReadLin e()
Return True
End If


End Function


Hope this helps,

Greetz Peter

--
Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build
bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce
bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning. (Rich Cook)

"Paulers" <SuperGh0d@gmai l.com> schreef in bericht
news:1150226335 .224424.229970@ c74g2000cwc.goo glegroups.com.. .[color=blue]
> Thanks for the response but can I use those functions from a console
> application? Or does it have to be a form applicaton?
>
> Peter Proost wrote:[color=green]
> > Have a look at:
> >
> > SendKeys.Send
> > SendKeys.SendWa it
> >
> > They do what you want.
> >
> > Greetz Peter
> >
> > --
> > Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build
> > bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to[/color][/color]
produce[color=blue][color=green]
> > bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning. (Rich Cook)
> >
> > "Paulers" <SuperGh0d@gmai l.com> schreef in bericht
> > news:1150171895 .121750.311990@ h76g2000cwa.goo glegroups.com.. .[color=darkred]
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I need to emulate keyboard strokes from a console application. The
> > > console application monitors a textfile and when something is matched
> > > in a text file I need the matched string outputted to the keyboard as
> > > if someone was typing on the keyboard. can someone help me locate the
> > > correct vb.net function to use?
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > >[/color][/color]
>[/color]