Is there a way to simulate touch events in Windows 8

Question

Is there a way to simulate touch events in Windows 8 (and preferably in windows 7).
I know there is a project called Multi touch vista but I feel its a bit overkill and

Answer 1

Further to the solution which points to the C++ Sample code for InjectTouchInput which comes packaged in the User32.dll of Windows 8, the C# solution can be found here:

InjectTouchInput Windows 8 C# not working (returns false)