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		<title>Simulating Keyboard &amp; Mouse Events. And Key-Modifier Events</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Creating and Posting a Keyboard Event: CGEventRef sDown, sUp; sDown = CGEventCreateKeyboardEvent &#40; NULL, &#40;CGKeyCode&#41;1, &#60;strong&#62;true&#60;/strong&#62; &#41;; &#60;strong class=&#34;red&#34;&#62;CGEventSetFlags&#40;sDown, kCGEventFlagMaskShift&#41;;&#60;/strong&#62; &#160; // setting flags with special function. &#60;em&#62;// Setting it via CGCreateKeyboardEvent // would work only for the first time it's run&#60;/em&#62; &#160; CGEventPost&#40;kCGHIDEventTap, sDown&#41;; &#160; sUp = CGEventCreateKeyboardEvent &#40; NULL, &#40;CGKeyCode&#41;1, &#60;strong&#62;false&#60;/strong&#62; &#41;; CGEventPost&#40;kCGHIDEventTap, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Creating and Posting a Keyboard Event:</p>

<div class="wp_syntax"><div class="code"><pre class="objc" style="font-family:monospace;">CGEventRef sDown, sUp;
sDown <span style="color: #002200;">=</span> CGEventCreateKeyboardEvent <span style="color: #002200;">&#40;</span>
			<span style="color: #a61390;">NULL</span>,
			<span style="color: #002200;">&#40;</span>CGKeyCode<span style="color: #002200;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #2400d9;">1</span>,
			&lt;strong&gt;true&lt;<span style="color: #002200;">/</span>strong&gt;
<span style="color: #002200;">&#41;</span>;
&lt;strong class<span style="color: #002200;">=</span><span style="color: #bf1d1a;">&quot;red&quot;</span>&gt;CGEventSetFlags<span style="color: #002200;">&#40;</span>sDown, kCGEventFlagMaskShift<span style="color: #002200;">&#41;</span>;&lt;<span style="color: #002200;">/</span>strong&gt;  
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #11740a; font-style: italic;">// setting flags with special function. </span>
&lt;em&gt;<span style="color: #11740a; font-style: italic;">// Setting it via CGCreateKeyboardEvent</span>
<span style="color: #11740a; font-style: italic;">// would work only for the first time it's run&lt;/em&gt;</span>
&nbsp;
CGEventPost<span style="color: #002200;">&#40;</span>kCGHIDEventTap, sDown<span style="color: #002200;">&#41;</span>;
&nbsp;
sUp <span style="color: #002200;">=</span> CGEventCreateKeyboardEvent <span style="color: #002200;">&#40;</span>
			<span style="color: #a61390;">NULL</span>,
			<span style="color: #002200;">&#40;</span>CGKeyCode<span style="color: #002200;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #2400d9;">1</span>,
			&lt;strong&gt;false&lt;<span style="color: #002200;">/</span>strong&gt;
<span style="color: #002200;">&#41;</span>;
CGEventPost<span style="color: #002200;">&#40;</span>kCGHIDEventTap, sUp<span style="color: #002200;">&#41;</span>;
&nbsp;
CFRelease<span style="color: #002200;">&#40;</span>sDown<span style="color: #002200;">&#41;</span>;
CFRelease<span style="color: #002200;">&#40;</span>sUp<span style="color: #002200;">&#41;</span>;</pre></div></div>

<p>That leaves the door open for applying the same to mouse events:</p>

<div class="wp_syntax"><div class="code"><pre class="objc" style="font-family:monospace;">CGEventRef mouseEvent;
mouseEvent <span style="color: #002200;">=</span> CGEventCreateMouseEvent <span style="color: #002200;">&#40;</span>
			<span style="color: #a61390;">NULL</span>,
			kCGEventMouseMoved,
			CGPointMake<span style="color: #002200;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #2400d9;">100</span>, <span style="color: #2400d9;">100</span><span style="color: #002200;">&#41;</span>,
			kCGMouseButtonLeft
<span style="color: #002200;">&#41;</span>;
CGEventPost<span style="color: #002200;">&#40;</span>kCGHIDEventTap, mouseEvent <span style="color: #002200;">&#41;</span>;</pre></div></div>

<p>Magical. Isn&#8217;t it.</p>
<p><em>Of course, in pre-10.6 days it would have looked like that:</em></p>

<div class="wp_syntax"><div class="code"><pre class="objc" style="font-family:monospace;">CGPostKeyboardEvent <span style="color: #002200;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #2400d9;">0</span>,<span style="color: #2400d9;">5</span>,<span style="color: #a61390;">true</span><span style="color: #002200;">&#41;</span>;
CGPostKeyboardEvent <span style="color: #002200;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #2400d9;">0</span>,<span style="color: #2400d9;">5</span>,<span style="color: #a61390;">false</span><span style="color: #002200;">&#41;</span>;</pre></div></div>

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