I am working on a remote-controller, i.e. take one device (be it a Mac or a mobile client) and control another Mac. So the application runs in background and the events should be delivered to the front-most application.
Moving the mouse around works by posting the corresponding events, but I have a hard time to simulate key strokes. I need to simulate the input of normal text as well as special keys like cursor keys, command, alt... I've tried CGEventCreateKeyboardEvent() but it is a real headache, as keycodes vary with every keyboard layout, making it virtually impossible to find a matching sequence of keycodes for a given String to type. Now, if there as a NSStringToKeyCodes method, that would be nice! Next try was using AppleScript: tell application "System Events" to keystroke "The text" Works well, but only limited: I just can't get special characters like "é" to work (while "ä" *does* work). So after doing research for several hours, I am left behind without a clue. There obviously is a way to do it, but I can't see it. Please help :-) Thanks, Eiko _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
