Make a simple on-screen keyboard

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So I'm asking a question I need answered with small words, (think of me as a retarded hillbilly redneck child noob). I want to make a simple on-screen keyboard with a few buttons, what I need help with is how to make it behave like an on-screen keyboard, (on top and keeps focus on the other program when push buttons), I also need help with the other key feature how to emulate a keypress in C#, I googled and it says 'use SendKeys', I tried that but intellisense don't recognize it AND It get red-wiggly line underneath, as I said I'm a total noob.

So to recap:
1, how to focus on other windows
2, emulate a keypress

thanks!

-frank

Posted 18-Mar-11 11:05am

Frank R. Haugen

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Solution 1

Try this:
http://www.codeproject.com/info/search.aspx?artkw=on+screen+keyboard[^]

Posted 18-Mar-11 11:46am

Toli Cuturicu

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Dalek Dave 18-Mar-11 21:26pm

Good old code project!

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 18-Mar-11 21:27pm

Reasonable advice, my 5. For more concrete stuff, see my Answer.
--SA

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-18T15:25:00

Solution 2

I answered a similar Question several time. You can find all what's involved here:

Application focus getting and losing[^]
Programming on BACKSPACE button[^]

The references above are for System.Windows.Forms.
For WPF, see this:
A Touch Screen Keyboard Control in WPF[^]

—SA

Posted 18-Mar-11 15:25pm

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

Updated 18-Mar-11 15:27pm

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