Posting synthetic events

[Dave DeLong]

Below is some code that posts a "c" character event.  The event codes are in <HIToolbox/Events.h>.  If you're looking to target event posts to a specific process (as opposed to globally in the sample below), you should use the CGEventPostToPSN() function instead.

CGEventSourceRef eventSource = CGEventSourceCreate(kCGEventSourceStateCombinedSessionState);

if (eventSource != NULL) {

    

    CGEventRef eventDown = CGEventCreateKeyboardEvent(eventSource, (CGKeyCode)0x08, YES);

    CGEventPost(kCGSessionEventTap, eventDown);

    CFRelease(eventDown);

    

    CGEventRef eventUp = CGEventCreateKeyboardEvent(eventSource, (CGKeyCode)0x08, NO);

    CGEventPost(kCGSessionEventTap, eventUp);

    CFRelease(eventUp);

    

    CFRelease(eventSource);

}

Cheers,

Dave