Keyboard Simulation not working with Keyboard hook for modifier keys
- by Eduardo Wada
I have a piece of software that is being used to simulate a certain device on a touchscreen, this device already runs an application that receives keyboard input from the device.
My software (reffered to as simulator) displays a virtual keyboard and runs the application.
Thus, the simulator sends keys with input simulator:
http://inputsimulator.codeplex.com/
And the applciation listens to keys with the following keyboard hook:
https://svn.cyberduck.io/tags/release-4-1/source/ch/cyberduck/core/GlobalKeyboardHook.cs
My problem is, what some keys from the device's hardware actually do is to sent a key combination (ex: left-alt + 1) to the application and a weird scenario is occurring:
The application listens to normal keyboard inputs
The simulator sends keys to other applications (ie: visual studio responds to the keys sent when debugging)
The simulator can send single keys to the application (I can type)
The simulator CANNOT send key combinations to the application (alt+1 is received as just 1 in the application)
This started happenning when we imported the application's dll into the same process from the simulator.
Could there be any reason why I can't simulate key combinations for a hook in the same process? Is there any easy fix for this?
