However I don't see any abc in the console. am I still wrong with the way I encode the character in the wScan field ? Is this because I'm SendingInput in another thread ?

Hi

I don't know, the SendInput docs doesn't have an example(and I'm loathe to interpret those too much), but it does link keybd_event() which appears much simpler and has an example

Have you heard of Win32::GuiTest? It has a "SendKeys" and WMSetText ...

update: I gave keybd_event a shot it prints 1 instead of toggling numlock, so SendKeys works to type "abc" :)

In reply to Re^5: Win32::API and keyboard hook by beech
in thread Win32::API and keyboard hook by frazap

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