winAPI java

[galaxyAbstractor]

Anyone knows how I can send keystrokes trough winAPI to a running software, in java? I tried ask in the Java channel, but they told me I am a idiot that they always do when they fail...

What I would want to do is like http://johan.deckmar.net/2009/09/spotify-friends-part-2.html, but in Java

 

[Gouri]

Are you saying that to use winAPI in java and send keystrokes to a application?

I don't know whether it is useful or not but I heard about JWinAPI , Check this out --> http://sourceforge.net/projects/jwinapi/

 

[galaxyAbstractor]

Are you saying that to use winAPI in java and send keystrokes to a application?

I don't know whether it is useful or not but I heard about JWinAPI , Check this out --> http://sourceforge.net/projects/jwinapi/

I tried it but it isn't too compatible, because you can only start the song with it, because when you start a song, the window title is changed, and then it does not work.

 

[misson]

You could try importing user32.dll using @dll.import or System.loadLibrary to get access to PostMessage and send a WM_KEYDOWN & WM_KEYUP or WM_CHAR message(s). Of course, you still need to find the window handle. The "how" of that depends entirely on the windows of interest (All windows? All visible windows? The frontmost window? Windows for a specific application? Something else?), but will involve loading other Windows API procedures.

 

[marshian]

You can't, using only pure Java.
You can however use the Java Native Interface (JNI), and write a native extension for Java that will allow you to do this. The problem is, you'll have to write it in a native language, Java just doesn't have the option to do it.
And of course, if you use the JNI, the hardcore Java guys will hate you.

 

[galaxyAbstractor]

ah, I already fixed it in C++ using some app I found on google code xD

http://pixomania.net/dev/rainmeter/spotify-skin-for-rainmeter