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Script to emulate key-presses on Windows via Python.
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# directkeys.py | |
# http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13564851/generate-keyboard-events | |
# msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd375731 | |
import ctypes | |
from ctypes import wintypes | |
import time | |
user32 = ctypes.WinDLL('user32', use_last_error=True) | |
INPUT_MOUSE = 0 | |
INPUT_KEYBOARD = 1 | |
INPUT_HARDWARE = 2 | |
KEYEVENTF_EXTENDEDKEY = 0x0001 | |
KEYEVENTF_KEYUP = 0x0002 | |
KEYEVENTF_UNICODE = 0x0004 | |
KEYEVENTF_SCANCODE = 0x0008 | |
MAPVK_VK_TO_VSC = 0 | |
# List of all codes for keys: | |
# # msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd375731 | |
UP = 0x26 | |
DOWN = 0x28 | |
A = 0x41 | |
# C struct definitions | |
wintypes.ULONG_PTR = wintypes.WPARAM | |
class MOUSEINPUT(ctypes.Structure): | |
_fields_ = (("dx", wintypes.LONG), | |
("dy", wintypes.LONG), | |
("mouseData", wintypes.DWORD), | |
("dwFlags", wintypes.DWORD), | |
("time", wintypes.DWORD), | |
("dwExtraInfo", wintypes.ULONG_PTR)) | |
class KEYBDINPUT(ctypes.Structure): | |
_fields_ = (("wVk", wintypes.WORD), | |
("wScan", wintypes.WORD), | |
("dwFlags", wintypes.DWORD), | |
("time", wintypes.DWORD), | |
("dwExtraInfo", wintypes.ULONG_PTR)) | |
def __init__(self, *args, **kwds): | |
super(KEYBDINPUT, self).__init__(*args, **kwds) | |
# some programs use the scan code even if KEYEVENTF_SCANCODE | |
# isn't set in dwFflags, so attempt to map the correct code. | |
if not self.dwFlags & KEYEVENTF_UNICODE: | |
self.wScan = user32.MapVirtualKeyExW(self.wVk, | |
MAPVK_VK_TO_VSC, 0) | |
class HARDWAREINPUT(ctypes.Structure): | |
_fields_ = (("uMsg", wintypes.DWORD), | |
("wParamL", wintypes.WORD), | |
("wParamH", wintypes.WORD)) | |
class INPUT(ctypes.Structure): | |
class _INPUT(ctypes.Union): | |
_fields_ = (("ki", KEYBDINPUT), | |
("mi", MOUSEINPUT), | |
("hi", HARDWAREINPUT)) | |
_anonymous_ = ("_input",) | |
_fields_ = (("type", wintypes.DWORD), | |
("_input", _INPUT)) | |
LPINPUT = ctypes.POINTER(INPUT) | |
def _check_count(result, func, args): | |
if result == 0: | |
raise ctypes.WinError(ctypes.get_last_error()) | |
return args | |
user32.SendInput.errcheck = _check_count | |
user32.SendInput.argtypes = (wintypes.UINT, # nInputs | |
LPINPUT, # pInputs | |
ctypes.c_int) # cbSize | |
# Functions | |
def PressKey(hexKeyCode): | |
x = INPUT(type=INPUT_KEYBOARD, | |
ki=KEYBDINPUT(wVk=hexKeyCode)) | |
user32.SendInput(1, ctypes.byref(x), ctypes.sizeof(x)) | |
def ReleaseKey(hexKeyCode): | |
x = INPUT(type=INPUT_KEYBOARD, | |
ki=KEYBDINPUT(wVk=hexKeyCode, | |
dwFlags=KEYEVENTF_KEYUP)) | |
user32.SendInput(1, ctypes.byref(x), ctypes.sizeof(x)) | |
if __name__ == "__main__": | |
PressKey(A) | |
time.sleep(0.5) | |
ReleaseKey(A) | |
print("Pressed") |
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Your problem could come from the code using virtual keys not scan keys. This is an easy fix but the code needs to be tweaked. In the lower part of the code
change to