Taking control of windows on screen key board

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Hi All,
I’ve a requirement of taking control of windows on screen keyboard.
From my code I’m able to start process and launch on screen keyboard.
Now I want to type key programmatically.
How do I do this?

What I have tried:

I tried starting the on screen keyboard and I can see its working..
only thing is to type key programmatically.

Posted 15-May-20 17:09pm

domneck

Updated 15-May-20 20:31pm

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OriginalGriff · Answer 1 · 2020-05-15T20:32:00

Why? I'm sure it's possible, by sending the appropriate mouse clicks to the process, but ... it's fraught with problems, not the least being that there are at least four different layout types, and dozens of different key mappings for different languages. My surface will regularly show me US or UK layouts, seemingly at random for example. Plus it and be fixed, or floating; landscape or portrait. So without knowing exactly what layout Windows is using at this moment in time (and adapting as the tablet is rotated and the OSK moved about the screen) You aren't get to get a good result, unless you "take control" of the OSK and how it is displayed. And that will annoy users - mess with my OSK and I'll delete your software, demand my money back, and compensation.
And that's all ignoring that having the OSK suddenly appear, steal 1/2 or 1/3 of my screen, type something too quick for me to read, and vanish again is going to really annoy people even if it doesn't start causing epileptic attacks in the sensitive.

Instead, think about the task you are trying to perform, and consider if there might be a better - more standard - way to do what you are trying. This way is almost certainly a very bad idea.