SendKeys for Python 3.1 on Windows

Question

The latest Python Sendkeys module is for Python 2.6. I can\'t upgrade it myself as it needs the C module to be recompiled.

Does anyone know of a fairly easy alternat

Answer 1

Got something that works, using win32api.keybd_event.

Looks like SendInput would be safer, but pywin32 does not include it.

[ edit: See a SendInput version in the accepted answer below. I leave this message here in case someone prefers to use sendkeys. jh ]

This page helped: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Search/en-us/?Query=keybd_event

Code that works:

import win32api; import win32ui

PyCWnd1 = win32ui.FindWindow( None, "an_app" )
PyCWnd1.SetForegroundWindow()
PyCWnd1.SetFocus()

win32api.keybd_event(0x12, 0, ) # Alt
win32api.keybd_event(0x12, 0, 2 ) # Alt release
win32api.keybd_event(0x46, 0, ) # F
win32api.keybd_event(0x52, 0, ) # R

This does File > Reload in the app. Does not work if the app is minimized

Without releasing Alt, after running this, the keyboard behaved like i was holding the Alt key! Don't seem to need to release the other keys