How to Simulate Mouse Click in C#

How can I simulate a mouse click at a certain position on the screen?

Here's a code that is using unmanaged functions to simulate mouse clicks :

//This is a replacement for Cursor.Position in WinForms
[System.Runtime.InteropServices.DllImport("user32.dll")]
static extern bool SetCursorPos(int x, int y);

[System.Runtime.InteropServices.DllImport("user32.dll")]
public static extern void mouse_event(int dwFlags, int dx, int dy, int cButtons, int dwExtraInfo);

public const int MOUSEEVENTF_LEFTDOWN = 0x02;
public const int MOUSEEVENTF_LEFTUP = 0x04;

//This simulates a left mouse click
public static void LeftMouseClick(int xpos, int ypos)
{
    SetCursorPos(xpos, ypos);
    mouse_event(MOUSEEVENTF_LEFTDOWN, xpos, ypos, 0, 0);
    mouse_event(MOUSEEVENTF_LEFTUP, xpos, ypos, 0, 0);
}

To keep the mouse pressed for a specific duration you can Sleep() the thread that is executing this function, for example :

mouse_event(MOUSEEVENTF_LEFTDOWN, xpos, ypos, 0, 0);
System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(1000);
mouse_event(MOUSEEVENTF_LEFTUP, xpos, ypos, 0, 0);

The above code will keep the mouse pressed for 1 second unless the user presses the releases the mouse button. Also, make sure to not execute this code on the main UI thread as it will cause it to hang.

Simulate Mouse Click when key is pressed

First make sure the Form KeyPreview property is set to True

To do the click simulation you need to call MOUSEEVENTF_RIGHTDOWN and MOUSEEVENTF_RIGHTUP like so. (also notice i use uint along the way)

[DllImport("user32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Auto, CallingConvention = CallingConvention.StdCall)]
public static extern void mouse_event(uint dwFlags, uint dx, uint dy, uint cButtons, uint dwExtraInfo);

private const int MOUSEEVENTF_LEFTDOWN = 0x02;
private const int MOUSEEVENTF_LEFTUP = 0x04;
private const int MOUSEEVENTF_RIGHTDOWN = 0x08;
private const int MOUSEEVENTF_RIGHTUP = 0x10;

private void Form1_KeyDown(object sender, KeyEventArgs e)
{
    switch (e.KeyCode)
    {
        case Keys.Insert:

            int X = Cursor.Position.X;
            int Y = Cursor.Position.Y;

            mouse_event(MOUSEEVENTF_RIGHTDOWN | MOUSEEVENTF_RIGHTUP, (uint)X, (uint)Y, 0, 0);
            break;
    }
}

How to Simulate a mouse/Button Click in c#

I think you made a spelling mistake. It should be button3 instead of Button3. The same code worked for me:

public partial class Form1 : Form
{
    public Form1()
    {
        InitializeComponent();
    }

    private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        MessageBox.Show("Button1.Clicked");
    }

    private void button2_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        MessageBox.Show("Button2.Clicked");
    }

    private void button3_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        button1.PerformClick();
    }      
}

How to simulate mouseclick from the code?

There isn't a separate event for right/left/other mouse click. There is only a MouseClick event. But a MouseClick event is a delegate of type MouseEventHandler, a MouseEventHandler receives an argument e of type MouseEventArgs, a MouseEventArgs instance has a property named Button of type MouseButtons enumeration, here you can find what kind of button has been pressed. In the link above a lot of examples how to use these infos.

This should answer your question, but the remainder of your problem (passing this information to a remote server) is totally unclear

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