Simulate Input

[Mythran]

I'm trying to create a library that will 1.) Simulate an input device (IE:
keyboard, mouse, joystick) and 2.) Capture data sent from an input device (IE:
keyboard, mouse, joystick).

The reason's for this are to be able to control (1) which will prevent specific
(2) from being done. Effectively locking down operating systems in production
environments.

I do know that the different versions of MS Windows can lock themselves down to
most things, but what we want is to lock it down programatically so that we can
control from a simple configuration file.

The resulting library will then allow us to create a training application for our
applications which will guide the user through each feature while they watch and
then can do it themselves ... we can then grade the users on this...

We do not need a 3rd party utility. We would like to write this ourselves but
need some help on where to start...

SIDE NOTE:

Some of our applications are written with DirectX (don't ask, don't know why, but
they all (business apps) look better like this but are more difficult to
maintain). I know about retrieving text on the screen and how to do it, but does
it work with DirectX applications (none are 3d, but would be interesting if it
worked with Direct3d as well).

Mythran