Alternate for C# System.Windows.Forms.SendKeys.Send method in java

Question

I would like to know is there any alternates for the following C# function in java..

System.Windows.Forms.SendKeys.Send()

Basically i am doing an application that should send key presses to system that is for other applications.

like if i send

Ctrl+C Value

to the system, it should copy the selected content (in any other application, not in my application)

any other suggestions are also welcome

Answer 1

Java Robot.keypress(int keycode)

java doc : http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/awt/Robot.html

Answer 2

Your best bet will probably be to call the Windows API directly.

The call you would be using would be "PostMessage" from the windows API.

See the following link for a reference on how to call the Windows native API,

How to use winapi functions in java?