Function not sending keystrokes
Probably a lot of fails in the coding but nevermind that please. I am still learning it. At the moment I made a simple GUI with just one function. Repeat a text someone shouted.
It will send 3 keystrokes each loop.
1. Spacebar
2. Arrow up
3. Enter key
Only thing is, the focus works, but no key strokes are send, nor am I receiving any error codes.
Could someone please be so kind to tell me what I am doing wrong? and please go easy on me since I am a C++ noob still :P
my header file:
Code:
#ifndef PROCESS_H
#define PROCESS_H
#include <QObject>
#include <QLabel>
#include <QSlider>
#include <QMessageBox>
#include <windows.h>
struct extraKeyInfo
{
unsigned short repeatCount;
unsigned char scanCode;
bool extendedKey, prevKeyState, transitionState;
operator unsigned int()
{
return repeatCount | (scanCode << 16) | (extendedKey << 24) |
(prevKeyState << 30) | (transitionState << 31);
}
};
class initiateProcess : public QObject, public extraKeyInfo {
Q_OBJECT
public:
int &amount;
QLabel *label;
QSlider *slider;
initiateProcess( int &amount, QLabel *label, QSlider *slider )
: amount( amount ), label( label ), slider( slider ) {}
private:
void pressKey( short code )
{
HWND hNotepad = FindWindow(0, L"Naamloos - Kladblok");
if(!hNotepad){
QMessageBox iWindow;
iWindow.setWindowTitle("Window not found");
iWindow.setText("The window was not found");
iWindow.exec();
}
SetForegroundWindow(hNotepad);
short vkCode = LOBYTE(VkKeyScan(code));
extraKeyInfo lParam = {};
lParam.scanCode = MapVirtualKey(vkCode, 29);
PostMessage(hNotepad, WM_KEYDOWN, vkCode, lParam);
lParam.repeatCount = 1;
lParam.prevKeyState = true;
lParam.transitionState = true;
PostMessage(hNotepad, WM_KEYUP, vkCode, lParam);
Sleep(100);
}
public slots:
void startProcess( ){
// update the label to status "executing"
label->setText("<strong><font color=\"red\">executing</font></strong>");
// update the amount according to the chosen
// value with the slider / spinbox
amount = slider->value();
// loop through the amount of repeats
if( amount != 0 )
{
// bring the window to the front
HWND GameWindow = FindWindow(0, L"Naamloos - Kladblok");
SetForegroundWindow(GameWindow);
// execute the loop
for( int i = 0; i < amount; i++ ){
// not the last loop so add a pause at the end
if( i < (amount-1))
{
pressKey( VK_SPACE );
pressKey( 't' );
Sleep(2000);
}
// last loop so dont add a pause at the end
else
{
pressKey( VK_SPACE );
pressKey( 't' );
}
}
}
else
{
// show a message box with an error
QMessageBox popup;
popup.setWindowTitle("NO AMOUNT CHOSEN!");
popup.setText("You have to chose an amount of shouts for me to repeat!\nIf you fail to do so I cannot repeat your shouts! doh, kupo!");
QPixmap popupIco("C:/Users/Username/Desktop/FFXIV Auto Shouter/favicon.png");
popup.setIconPixmap(popupIco);
popup.exec();
}
// update the label to status "finished"
label->setText("<strong><font color=\"green\">finished</font></color>");
}
};
#endif // PROCESS_H
Code:
#include <QApplication>
#include <QWidget>
#include <QObject>
#include <QHBoxLayout>
#include <QVBoxLayout>
#include <QSlider>
#include <QSpinBox>
#include <QPushButton>
#include <QMessageBox>
#include <QLabel>
#include <QSound>
#include <windows.h>
#include "PROCESS.h"
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
QApplication app(argc, argv);
// create a main window widget
QWidget *main = new QWidget;
main->setWindowTitle("FFXIV Auto Shouter");
main->setWindowIcon(QIcon("C:/Users/ User /Desktop/FFXIV Auto Shouter/favicon.png"));
main->setFixedWidth(325);
// create the widgets which we will use
QLabel *label1 = new QLabel("Amount: ");
QLabel *label2 = new QLabel("<strong><font color=\"orange\">Configuring</font></strong>");
QSlider *slider = new QSlider(Qt::Horizontal);
QSpinBox *spinbox = new QSpinBox;
QPushButton *button = new QPushButton;
// connect the slider and the box for synchronisation
QObject::connect(slider, SIGNAL(valueChanged(int)), spinbox, SLOT(setValue(int)));
QObject::connect(spinbox, SIGNAL(valueChanged(int)), slider, SLOT(setValue(int)));
// connect the start button to the class and start
// executing the process of repeated shouting, but first
// we will set some options to be able to do all of this
int amount = 0;
initiateProcess execFunction( amount, label2, slider );
QObject::connect(button, SIGNAL(clicked()), &execFunction, SLOT(startProcess()));
// configurate the widgets
slider->setRange(1, 199);
spinbox->setRange(1, 199);
slider->setValue(1);
button->setText("SHOUT");
// styling templates for the widgets
slider->setStyleSheet("background:#000; color:#FFFFFF;");
spinbox->setStyleSheet("background:#000; color:#FFFFFF;");
button->setStyleSheet("background:#000; color:#FFFFFF;");
// tooltips for the widgets
slider->setToolTip("Select the amount of shouts you want to repeat");
spinbox->setToolTip("Select the amount of shouts you want to repeat");
button->setToolTip("Click here to start shouting");
// create the bounding boxes
QHBoxLayout *wrapper = new QHBoxLayout;
QHBoxLayout *leftside = new QHBoxLayout;
QVBoxLayout *rightside = new QVBoxLayout;
// add the widgets to the boxes
leftside->addWidget(label1);
leftside->addWidget(slider);
leftside->addWidget(spinbox);
rightside->addWidget(button);
rightside->addWidget(label2);
// add the boxes to each other
wrapper->addLayout(leftside);
wrapper->addLayout(rightside);
// set a couple of sounds
QSound bootSND("C:/Users/User/Desktop/FFXIV Auto Shouter/greetings.wav"); // start up
QSound executeSND("C:/Users/ User /Desktop/FFXIV Auto Shouter/execute.wav"); // starting loop
QSound finishedSND("C:/Users/ User /Desktop/FFXIV Auto Shouter/cheer.wav"); // finished loop
// play at startup
bootSND.play();
// show the widget
main->setLayout(wrapper);
main->show();
return app.exec();
}
