How to simulate mouse and keyboard input

Hello, I am looking to simulate keyboard inpout for a computer in general, not just for a window. I was allready told how to simulate keyboard strokes in a certan window, although I just want to simulate them as they might be in general. As in program says "X" and whatever place the text cursor happens to be prints "X".

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TailsTheFox

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There is no "general" way to do it because it is operating system specific. C and C++ do not themselves have direct support for keyboards and mice.

You could use ncurses which has been ported to both MS-DOS and *nix (there is not MS-Windows gui version of it).

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If you're using Windows you will probably want to use "SendInput" in the Windows API

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