How do I write an invisible program?

I know, "invisible program" is not very useful terminology, but I
don't even know what to call what I'm trying to do. I need to write a
small program that communicates with some hardware through a serial
port, and on the other end generates keystrokes for consumption by an
application. I know how to do the serial port side, and I gather I
can use SendInput for the keystroke side. What I don't know is what
form this program should take. It doesn't need (and must not have)
any visible presence on the screen, nor does it take any user input.
So when I create the project in VS2005, what kind of project should I
create to avoid having any visible presence on the screen? I hope my
question makes sense. Thanks.

Mike

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  • Re: How do I write an invisible program?
    ... If you want the program to run all the time you may want to write it as a service and just us something like sockets to communicate with it from your main program. ... and on the other end generates keystrokes for consumption by an ... I know how to do the serial port side, ... any visible presence on the screen, nor does it take any user input. ...
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    ... look at a Console app. ... and on the other end generates keystrokes for consumption by an ... I know how to do the serial port side, ... any visible presence on the screen, nor does it take any user input. ...
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  • Re: How do I write an invisible program?
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