INPUT (Compact 2013)

3/28/2014

This structure is used by the SendInput function to synthesize keystrokes, stylus and mouse motions, and button clicks.

Syntax

typedef struct tagINPUT {
  DWORD type;
  union {
    MOUSEINPUT mi;
    KEYBDINPUT ki;
    HARDWAREINPUT hi; 
  };
} INPUT, *PINPUT, FAR* LPINPUT;

Members

• type
  Indicates the type of device information this structure carries. It is one of the following values.

  Value	Description
  INPUT_HARDWARE	The hi union member is valid.
  INPUT_KEYBOARD	The ki union member is valid.
  INPUT_MOUSE	The mi union member is valid.

• mi
  MOUSEINPUT structure that contains information about simulated mouse input.

• ki
  KEYBDINPUT structure that contains information about simulated keyboard input.

• hi
  HARDWAREINPUT structure that contains information about a simulated input device message.

Remarks

Windows Embedded Compact does not support the INPUT_HARDWARE value in the type member.

This structure is used with the SendInput sample application.

This structure contains information identical to that used in the parameter list for a call to the keybd_event, mouse_event, or hardware_event functions.

Requirements

See Also

Reference

Keyboard Structures
MOUSEINPUT
KEYBDINPUT
mouse_event
SendInput