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[polyethene]

Hi, I'm not sure what you're aiming to do but you might find Hotkey, Send, and IfWinActive useful to your criterion.

Example:
^w::
IfWinActive, Mozilla
Send, {key combos to close tab, or whatever}
Return

[Chris]

Could AttachThreadInput help [with SetKeyboardState]?

I have a vague impression that it would only help on Windows 9x.

next step is to send a message to my exe to send messages right after i return from hook. but how to? SetKeyboardState works for same thread only - i'm in another.

How does AHK solve this?

AutoHotkey's ControlSend command sends modifier keystrokes in two ways. The first way is a more forceful keybd_event(), which tends to interfere with the any typing the user might be doing in the foreground window. The other way is is a less intrusive method that is activated by explicitly specifying "up" and "down" events as in this example:

ControlSend, Edit1, {Alt down}f{Alt up}, Untitled - Notepad

Internally, the program does both of the following to send modifier keystrokes to the target window:

1) AttachThreadInput + SetKeyboardState(): These might only be effective on Win9x but it's been a long time since I tested it.

2) The following code, in which aVK is the virtual key code and aSC is the scan code:

// lowest 16 bits: repeat count: always 1 for up events, probably 1 for down in our case.
// highest order bits: 11000000 (0xC0) for keyup, usually 00000000 (0x00) for keydown.
LPARAM lParam = (LPARAM)(aSC << 16);
if (aEventType != KEYUP)  // i.e. always do it for KEYDOWNANDUP
	PostMessage(aTargetWindow, WM_KEYDOWN, aVK, lParam | 0x00000001);
if (aEventType != KEYDOWN)  // i.e. always do it for KEYDOWNANDUP
	PostMessage(aTargetWindow, WM_KEYUP, aVK, lParam | 0xC0000001);