Help keybd event VB.NET

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How can I determine the key press in a specific place on the screen?

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    <DllImport("user32.dll")>
    Private Shared Function keybd_event(bVk As Byte, bScan As Byte, dwFlags As UInteger, dwExtraInfo As Integer) As Boolean
    End Function
Const KEYEVENTF_KEYDOWN = &H0
    Const KEYEVENTF_KEYUP = &H2

Posted 6-Sep-21 13:06pm

Mohenad Essam

Updated 6-Sep-21 17:01pm

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Wendelius · Answer 1 · 2021-09-06T17:01:00

Solution 2

Key press does not happen in a specific location. Instead when you press a key, it's sent to the application which has the focus, and in that application to the form and control which have the focus.

Posted 6-Sep-21 17:01pm

Wendelius

Mohenad Essam · Answer 2 · 2021-09-06T13:25:00

Solution 1

How do I use  Location = New Point(950, 330)  in keybd_event

Posted 6-Sep-21 13:25pm

Mohenad Essam

Updated 6-Sep-21 19:39pm

Comments

Richard MacCutchan 7-Sep-21 3:14am

You don't; screen location is only relevant to mouse click events.

Richard Deeming 7-Sep-21 3:52am

In what way is this additional question supposed to be a "solution" to your original question?

Mohenad Essam 7-Sep-21 5:46am

I want to control the keyboard keys like panels KeyMapping gaming