INPUT

[This is preliminary documentation and subject to change.]

Carries information describing simulated mouse, keyboard, or other user input.

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

Members

type

Flag value indicating the type of device information this structure carries. This member is one of the following values.

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

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.

See Also

Simulating Input