C++ SendInput()

[Dampe]

I'm attempting to learn some more Windows API stuff with c++..

Can anyone tell me why this wont send any keys to the window once it has activated?

#define _WIN32_WINNT 0x0501
#include <windows.h>
#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
char end;
HWND windowHandle = FindWindow(0, "Untitled - Notepad");
INPUT *key;
if(windowHandle == NULL)
 cout << "not found";
SetForegroundWindow(windowHandle);
Sleep(1000);

key = new INPUT;
key->type = INPUT_KEYBOARD;
key->ki.wVk = 41;
key->ki.dwFlags = 0;
key->ki.time = 0;
key->ki.wScan = 0;
key->ki.dwExtraInfo = 0;
SendInput(1,key,sizeof(INPUT));
key->ki.dwExtraInfo = KEYEVENTF_KEYUP;
SendInput(1,key,sizeof(INPUT));
cout << "key inputted";
cin >> end;
cin.get();
return 0;
}

[Richard Robertson]

It is doing something. It's sending the key up event. You have to press a key down first, then wait some period of time, then let it up.