Mouse Move and Click with Windows API Function SendInput

[VBobCat]

Dear folks, I need your help on this.

I need to move the mouse pointer to a give x,y coordinate, and then perform a click.

I've found several samples of how to use Windows Api "SendInput" function in order to do so, but they're all in C++/C#, which I can't straightly understand. Nevertheless, I've made a try of adapting those (code below), and it successfully moves the pointer, but doesn't perform the click. Can anyone help me to find the flaw?

Thank you very much!

    Private Sub Test()
        MouseMove(170,170)
        Application.DoEvents()
        MouseLeftClick()
    End Sub

    Public Shared Sub MouseMove(ByVal x As Integer, ByVal y As Integer)
        Dim fx = x * (65535.0# / (GetSystemMetrics(SystemMetric.SM_CXSCREEN) - 1))
        Dim fy = y * (65535.0# / (GetSystemMetrics(SystemMetric.SM_CYSCREEN) - 1))
        Dim it As New INPUT
        it.dwType = INPUT_MOUSE
        it.mkhi.mi.dwFlags = MOUSEEVENTF_MOVE Or MOUSEEVENTF_ABSOLUTE
        it.mkhi.mi.dx = fx
        it.mkhi.mi.dy = fy
        SendInput(1, it, Marshal.SizeOf(it))
    End Sub

    Public Shared Sub MouseLeftClick()
        Dim it As New INPUT
        it.dwType = INPUT_MOUSE
        it.mkhi.mi.dwFlags = MOUSEEVENTF_LEFTDOWN
        SendInput(1, it, Marshal.SizeOf(it))
    End Sub

    Private Structure INPUT
        Dim dwType As Integer
        Dim mkhi As MOUSEKEYBDHARDWAREINPUT
    End Structure

    <StructLayout(LayoutKind.Explicit)> _
    Private Structure MOUSEKEYBDHARDWAREINPUT
        <FieldOffset(0)> Public mi As MOUSEINPUT
        <FieldOffset(0)> Public ki As KEYBDINPUT
        <FieldOffset(0)> Public hi As HARDWAREINPUT
    End Structure

    Private Structure MOUSEINPUT
        Public dx As Integer
        Public dy As Integer
        Public mouseData As Integer
        Public dwFlags As Integer
        Public time As Integer
        Public dwExtraInfo As Integer
    End Structure

    Private Structure KEYBDINPUT
        Public wVk As Short
        Public wScan As Short
        Public dwFlags As Integer
        Public time As Integer
        Public dwExtraInfo As Integer
    End Structure

    Private Structure HARDWAREINPUT
        Public uMsg As Integer
        Public wParamL As Short
        Public wParamH As Short
    End Structure

    Const INPUT_MOUSE As UInt32 = 0
    Const INPUT_KEYBOARD As Integer = 1
    Const INPUT_HARDWARE As Integer = 2
    Const XBUTTON1 As UInt32 = &H1
    Const XBUTTON2 As UInt32 = &H2
    Const MOUSEEVENTF_MOVE As UInt32 = &H1
    Const MOUSEEVENTF_LEFTDOWN As UInt32 = &H2
    Const MOUSEEVENTF_LEFTUP As UInt32 = &H4
    Const MOUSEEVENTF_RIGHTDOWN As UInt32 = &H8
    Const MOUSEEVENTF_RIGHTUP As UInt32 = &H10
    Const MOUSEEVENTF_MIDDLEDOWN As UInt32 = &H20
    Const MOUSEEVENTF_MIDDLEUP As UInt32 = &H40
    Const MOUSEEVENTF_XDOWN As UInt32 = &H80
    Const MOUSEEVENTF_XUP As UInt32 = &H100
    Const MOUSEEVENTF_WHEEL As UInt32 = &H800
    Const MOUSEEVENTF_VIRTUALDESK As UInt32 = &H4000
    Const MOUSEEVENTF_ABSOLUTE As UInt32 = &H8000

    <DllImport("user32.dll")> Private Shared Function GetSystemMetrics(ByVal smIndex As Integer) As Integer
    End Function
     <DllImport("user32.dll")> Private Shared Function SendInput(ByVal  nInputs As Integer, ByRef pInputs As INPUT, ByVal cbSize As Integer) As  Integer
    End Function

 

[VBobCat]

[SOLVED] Re: Mouse Move and Click with Windows API Function SendInput

Then, again, it was my fault not to see that everything that goes down must come up, and both keyboard keys and mouse buttons must have a pair of press and release messages in order to simulate the user movement. That is, the correct sub MouseLeftClick stays so:

Public Shared Sub MouseLeftClick()
        Dim it As New INPUT
        it.dwType = INPUT_MOUSE
        it.mkhi.mi.dwFlags = MOUSEEVENTF_LEFTDOWN
        SendInput(1, it, Marshal.SizeOf(it))
        Application.DoEvents()
        it = New INPUT
        it.dwType = INPUT_MOUSE
        it.mkhi.mi.dwFlags = MOUSEEVENTF_LEFTUP
        SendInput(1, it, Marshal.SizeOf(it))
End Sub