"Andrej" <Andrej@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi there,
> I'm writing a small app for the PocketPC 2003 using C#. My app should
> simply
> open the Calculator and simulate some key presses (of course im using
> P/Invoke). Opening the calc.exe was no problem, but I can't get the
> 'magic'
> input work correctly. By using 'mouse_event' for simulating user input,
> the
> upper left 'Start' button is being pressed (seems strange 'cause I thing
> the
> handle to the Calculator is O.K.) and using 'PostMessage' and
> 'SendMessage'
> have no effect at all.
> Can someone help me with this problem please?

"Alex Feinman [MVP]" wrote:

> I'm sure the problem of simulating the stylus input can be helped (I do it
> it slightly differently, see
> http://www.alexfeinman.com/download.asp?doc=IMSwitch.zip for a sample that
> turns on numeric mode on the soft keyboard), but I think you are approaching
> it in a wrong way.
>
> If all you need is to drive calc.exe, use keyboard input - by sending
> WM_KEYDOWN and WM_KEYUP (or maybe even WM_CHAR) you can do all you need with
> the calc
>
> --
> Alex Feinman
> ---
> Visit http://www.opennetcf.org
> "Andrej" <Andrej@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:986A5B7D-0D15-4D89-9231-61803A4BC77C@microsoft.com...
> > Hi there,
> > I'm writing a small app for the PocketPC 2003 using C#. My app should
> > simply
> > open the Calculator and simulate some key presses (of course im using
> > P/Invoke). Opening the calc.exe was no problem, but I can't get the
> > 'magic'
> > input work correctly. By using 'mouse_event' for simulating user input,
> > the
> > upper left 'Start' button is being pressed (seems strange 'cause I thing
> > the
> > handle to the Calculator is O.K.) and using 'PostMessage' and
> > 'SendMessage'
> > have no effect at all.
> > Can someone help me with this problem please?
>
>