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Interact with other desktop-applications in windows using C# winforms

I was wondering if its possible to interact with other programs someone with my program. For example clicking a button on another program etc. etc. I'm not sure if this is even possible but if it is could someone provide a little sample code in C#.

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You could just create and send messages to the other process. You will have to use P/Invoke for this from C# code.

Here is some code that should point you into the right direction.

Daniel Brückner  2009-05-26 21:42:13
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You can use UI Automation to interact with other applications.

Benji York  2009-05-26 22:03:03

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