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Finished Programs / Re: IDEA: Allow input commands to be sent to background windows.

« on: May 27, 2009, 01:09 PM »

Hi
How do I use the script.

I have tried to figure it out on my own but haven't got very far.

Thanks!

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Finished Programs / Re: IDEA: Allow input commands to be sent to background windows.

« on: May 11, 2009, 01:05 PM »

That's great for the second scenario I posted, but I would really like a solution to the first scenario (of using two game emualtors).

Is there anyway to make it direct all input to two windows?

With a game emulator, there isn't the problem of having wrong commands being sent to the wrong window, as you can set the each emulator to ignore commands.
(For example, you can tell emulator window 1 to execute the 'jump' command when the A key is pressed and tell emulator window 2 to execute the jump command when the B key is pressed.
It doesn't matter if emulator 2 receives the A key command, because it will only execute a jump when it receives a B key input).

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Finished Programs / DONE: Allow input commands to be sent to background windows.

« on: May 10, 2009, 05:27 AM »

On Windows XP, when a window is not the active focus, it is not possible to input commands to it.

I think it would be great if someone could write a programme that allows input commands to be sent to a background window
(or alternatively a programme that allows more than one window to have the active focus).

This would be handy for:
--Video game emulation - Two emulators could be opened on one machine allowing two players to play at the same time (thus turning any 1 player game into a 2 player contest to see who could reach the end of a level first)
--Being able to input commands into a background programme that is open all the time (e.g. refreshing a web browser) while still working in a main application (e.g. typing a letter in Microsoft Word) without having to click on the background application.

It mustn't be too complex, as programmes like key loggers are able to accept inputs without being at the foreground. (Although not being a programmer I shouldn't really comment on the complexity!)  ^_^